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German
Etymology
Calque of French parvenu. By surface analysis, emporkommen + -ling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛmˈpoːɐ̯ˌkœmlɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: Em‧por‧kömm‧ling
Noun
Emporkömmling m (strong, genitive Emporkömmlings, plural Emporkömmlinge)
- parvenu, social climber
- Synonym: Parvenü
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 403:Aber eine gewisse aristokratische Einschränkung des Entgegenkommens, das der Emporkömmling, vorsichtig wie alle Emporkömmlinge, ihr bezeigte, mochte ihr doch bemerklich werden; […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
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