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German
Etymology
From habe (“have”) + nichts (“nothing”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Habenichts m (strong, genitive Habenichts or Habenichtses, plural Habenichtse)
- (derogatory) have-not
1878, Friedrich Nietzsche, Menschliches, Allzumenschliches [Human, All Too Human], section 436:Es ist zum Lachen, wenn eine Gesellschaft von Habenichtsen die Abschaffung des Erbrechts decretirt, und nicht minder zum Lachen ist es, wenn Kinderlose an der praktischen Gesetzgebung eines Landes arbeiten […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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