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Hampelmann
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hampelmann
German
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Etymology
de :af hampeln Mann
From de hampeln Mann.
Pronunciation
de /ˈhampl̩ˌman/ /ˈhampəlˌman/
de De-Hampelmann.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,(e)s,^er Hampelfrau
jumping-jack toy
de by extension person who is weak of will and easily influenced: pushover, puppet
1921, Rudolf Steiner, Menschenerkenntnis und Unterrichtsgestaltung, 6th speech
de Wir dürfen nicht Hampelmänner der Zeitrichtung sein, die sich am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts und am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts herausgebildet hat. We are not allowed to be jumping-jacks of the direction of our time, which has formed in the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.
de by extension hyperactive person; spaz
jumping-jack exercise
Declension
m,(e)s,^er
Descendants
1 csb hómpelman
Further reading
de Toys