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German
Etymology
Pappenheim + -er. Figurative sense from a well-known line in the play Walleinstein's Death (1799).
Pronunciation
Noun
Pappenheimer m (strong, genitive Pappenheimers, plural Pappenheimer)
- (literal) inhabitant of Pappenheim
- (figurative, in the plural, often ironic) buddy, pal
- seine Pappenheimer kennen ― to know one's crowd
2016 March 8, Sonja Vogel, “Burn, Deutschland, burn”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Und die Etablierten kennen ihre Pappenheimer, sonst würden sie ja nicht ständig versuchen, den Fremdenfeinden das Wasser abzugraben.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Pappenheimer
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