Besserwisser

besserwisser English Etymology en :bor de:Besserwisser + 1 Noun A know-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck. en 1973 Robert G. Collins; Kenneth McRobbie The Eastern European Imagination in Literature 103 They are not Besserwissers; they just know better because they have had the experience. Capitalism has no lure for them, as socialism does for their West Central European counterparts. 1993, Ullica Segerstråle, Bringing the Scientist Back In, in the anthology Controversial science: from content to contention (Thomas Brante, Steve Fuller, William Lynch, editors): There is an authoritarian ring to many of the new approaches to the sociology of scientific knowledge, a Besserwisser attitude, whereby the sociologist knows best and does not need to consult with the object of his or her study. en 1995 Gordon A. Craig Konrad Adenauer and the United States Reiner Pommerin The American Impact on Postwar Germany Berghahn Books 978-1-57181-004-5 http://books.google.com/books?id=_UbrQk5mhU0C&pg=PA7&dq=Besserwisser 7 that Adenauer was always a Besserwisser who was convinced that other people, even when they were heads of government in other countries, did not understand their own interests as well as he did en 2006 Arvi Hurskainen; Lotta Harjula; Maaria Ylänkö Africa in the long run: festschrift in the honour of Professor Arvi Hurskainen The proverb functions as a warning to a ‘Besserwisser’, because at the end a ‘know-it-all’ will drive away even his or her best friends. German de 2018 August 23 Etymology Compound of de besser wissen -er better know -er better-knower. Pronunciation de /ˈbɛsɐˌvɪsɐ/ Germany, Austro-Bavarian de /ˈb̥ɛsːɐˌvɪsːɐ/ Austro-Bavarian de /ˈb̥ɛsːərˌvɪsːər/ Switzerland, Austro-Bavarian de Bes ser wis ser de De-Besserwisser.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m in de pejorative know-it-all, wiseguy, wiseacre, smart aleck de Klugscheißer Schlaumeier Oberschlauer Gscheidhaferl Bavaria de Er ist ein solcher Besserwisser, dass nicht einmal die Lehrer mit ihm diskutieren mögen. He’s such a know-it-all even the teachers don’t want to argue with him. de 1905 w:Theodor Fontane s:de:Zeus in Mission Gewiß, die Deutschen, / Sie taugen auch nicht viel die lieben Schlingel, / Sind Besserwisser, knurrn und querulieren, / Und schreiben Bücher, drin sie mir beweisen: / Es sei nicht viel mit mir; im letzten Grunde / Bestünd’ ich nur durch Compromiß und Gnade. Certainly, the Germans / They are not good for much, the dear scoundrels, / They’re know-it-alls, they growl and groan, / And write books, in which they prove to me: / There’s not much to me; in the last instance / I’d consist only of compromise and grace. Declension m Derived terms de besserwisserisch de Allesbesserwisser de Besserwisserei de Besserwessi Related terms de Alleswisser de Nichtswisser Descendants en Besserwisser 1 fi besserwisser 1 pl besserwisser 1 sv besserwisser 1 See also de Alleskönner Further reading de People