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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French parvenu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpaʁveˈnyː/, /ˌpaʁvəˈnyː/
- Rhymes: -yː
Noun
Parvenü m (strong, genitive Parvenüs, plural Parvenüs)
- parvenu
- Synonym: Emporkömmling
1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 307:Die Dichterin bemerkte: „Das muß sie noch ordinärer bringen. Es sind doch Parvenüs.“ Und Diederich lächelte zustimmend, obwohl er arg betreten war durch diese Zustände in einem Heim, das dem seinen glich.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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