411 REFERENCE · Wiktionary
175er
Reference material by Wiktionary contributors. This retains its source identity and is not 411 news reporting.
English
en
Etymology
Borrowed from en de 175er.
Noun
en historical A homosexual in Germany in the era when homosexuality was illegal (1871 to 1994).
en LGBTQ
German
Alternative forms
de Hundertfünfundsiebziger
Etymology
From Paragraph 175 of the German criminal code, which once made homosexuality a crime.
Pronunciation
de De-175er.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m
de dated informal a homosexual, especially in Germany from 1871 to 1994
de Joachim Göres Verdächtige Umarmungen Die Tageszeitung: taz 2019-06-22 https://taz.de/!5602577/ 0931-9085 Im Fall eines Theaterintendanten wurde ein Vorermittlungsverfahren eingeleitet, nachdem als Laiendarsteller eingesetzte Schüler das Gerücht verbreiteten, der Mann sei ein „175er“. In the case of a theatre manager, a preliminary investigation was initiated after students who had been appointed as amateur actors spread the rumour that the man was a “175er”. https://web.archive.org/web/20211223100129/https://taz.de/!5602577/ 23 December 2021
Declension
m
Further reading
Hundertfuenfundsiebziger
de LGBTQ