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German
Etymology
Deutsch + tümeln + -ei
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): ,
- Hyphenation: Deutsch‧tü‧me‧lei
Noun
Deutschtümelei f (genitive Deutschtümelei, plural Deutschtümeleien)
- (derogatory) German chauvinism
c. 1841, Friedrich Engels, “Ernst Moritz Arndt”, in Gustav Mayer, editor, Friedrich Engels Schriften der Frühzeit, Julius Springer, published 1920, page 143:Dieser Gegensatz gegen die Deutschtümelei war der kosmopolitische Liberalismus der süddeutschen Stände, der auf die Negation der Nationalunterschiede und die Bildung einer großen, freien, alliierten Menschheit hinarbeitete.- This antithesis of German chauvinism was the cosmopolitan liberalism of the estates of southern Germany, which worked towards the negation of national differences and the development of a great, free and allied human race.
Declension
Declension of Deutschtümelei
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