Opa Langbein

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German

Etymology

Literally, grandpa longleg.

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Noun

Opa Langbein m (strong, genitive Opa Langbeins, plural Opa Langbeine)

  1. (colloquial, regional, parts of northern and central Germany) daddy longlegs, harvestman (arachnid of order Opiliones)
    Synonyms: (Upper Franconia) Habergeiß, (West Central German: chiefly regions along the Moselle and the Rhine river) Hochbeiner, (East Central German: region between the Werra and the Elbe river) Kanker, (eastern parts of Austria) Leiterkarren, (West Central German: chiefly regions along the Rhine and the Main river) Schneider, (Northern German and East Central German: surroundings of Hamburg and regions along the central Elbe river) Schuster, (general term, originally only Austro-Bavarian) Weberknecht, (eastern parts of Switzerland, most western part of Austria: Vorarlberg) Zimmermann
    • 2013 August 19, Michaela Siano, “Ein „Knecht“ mit acht Beinen”, in Braunschweiger Zeitung, retrieved 9 January 2020:
      Man begegnet „Opa Langbein“ im Wald und auf Wiesen, er klettert auch gerne an Mauern hoch.
      You’ll meet “daddy longlegs” in the forest and on meadows; it also likes to climb up walls.

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References

  • “Karte 4–55: der Weberknecht” in Jürgen Eichhoff (2000) Wortatlas der deutschen Umgangssprache (in German), volume 4, Bern/München: Saur, →ISBN, page 32.
  • “lang” and “Opa” in Hermann Paul, revised by Helmut Henne (2002) Deutsches Wörterbuch: Bedeutungsgeschichte und Aufbau unseres Wortschatzes (in German), 10th, revised and extended edition, Tübingen: Niemeyer, →ISBN, pages 587, 724.