Popanz

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Popanz. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Popanz, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Popanz in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Popanz you have here. The definition of the word Popanz will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofPopanz, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

German

FWOTD – 22 October 2014
German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de

Etymology

Borrowed (in the 16th century) from an unidentified Slavic language.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpoːpants/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Po‧panz

Noun

Popanz m (strong, genitive Popanzes, plural Popanze)

  1. A bogeyman, bugbear, often something not to be taken too seriously, such as an apparition, funny figure, straw doll, or scarecrow.
    • 1888, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ecce Homo, Vorwort:
      Ich bin zum Beispiel durchaus kein Popanz, kein Moral-Ungeheuer, – ich bin sogar eine Gegensatz-Natur zu der Art Mensch, die man bisher als tugendhaft verehrt hat.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1855, Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, Der Sagenschatz des Königreichs Sachsen, Nr. 135: Das unglückliche Todaustreiben zu Radeberg, page 106 f.
      Die Knaben machten nämlich aus Stroh eine menschliche Figur, behingen sie mit Lumpen, steckten diesen Popanz an eine Stange und trieben ihn so mit großem Geschrei und unter Absingung eines besonderen Reims durch die Stadt […].
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. A being without will.
  3. A person that is scared of others.
  4. Bragger, fool

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Popanz”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia