Backpfeifengesicht

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German

Etymology

From Backpfeife +‎ -n- +‎ Gesicht. Compare French tête à claques and Italian faccia da schiaffi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbakp͡faɪ̯fənɡəˌzɪçt/
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  • Hyphenation: Back‧pfei‧fen‧ge‧sicht

Noun

Backpfeifengesicht n (strong, genitive Backpfeifengesichtes or Backpfeifengesichts, plural Backpfeifengesichter)

  1. (colloquial) a punchable face; a face "in need of a punch".
    • 1973, Aus dem Leben grosser Clowns. Ihre Aufzeichnungen und Erinnerungen, republ. by Helga Bemmann, page 198.
      Ohne sein Backpfeifengesicht wäre Grimaldi ein Nichts gewesen.
      Without his eminently smackable face, Grimaldi would have been a nobody.

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