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German
Etymology
From Affe + -n- + Theater (“to-do, fuss”, literally “theater”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Affentheater n (strong, genitive Affentheaters, plural Affentheater)
- (colloquial, derogatory) charade
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 583:Etwas ernüchternd wirkte ein Gegenflugblatt des Herrn Kasimir Japoll, dahingehend, dem von Zutawski sei ganz genau bekannt gewesen, daß er, Japoll, seinerzeit in Lemberg von irgendwelchen aufgeblasenen Laffen für satisfaktionsunfähig erklärt worden sei, und alle seine sofortigen und ungesäumten Schritte seien das reine Affentheater gewesen, da er von vornherein gewußt habe, daß er sich nicht werde schlagen müssen.- and all his immediate and untracked steps were pure ridiculous business, since he had known from the start that he would not have to fight.
Declension
Declension of Affentheater
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