Schabernack

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German schabirnack, from Middle Low German schavernak (14th c.). Further etymology unknown.

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Noun

Schabernack m (strong, genitive Schabernackes or Schabernacks, plural Schabernacke)

  1. (somewhat dated) hoax, prank, shenanigans
    • 1803, Friedrich von Schlegel, Europa. Eine Zeitschrift. - Frankfurt a. M. Wilmanns 1803, page 163:
      Die Weltseele scheint noch ein unerzogenes Mädchen mit ihren Bildungen aus Erdschollen zu spielen, sie hängt fast immer einen gewaltigen Geist und ein gewaltiges Schicksal einem schwachen Körper zum Schabernack an.
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    • 1858, Karl Leberecht Immermann, Münchhausen: Eine Geschichte in Arabesken:
      Sonst habe ich nichts wider ihn vorgenommen, noch vornehmen wollen. Der Knecht dachte nach. — Vor Schabernack brauche ich den Alten nicht zu bewahren, sondern nur vor Stehlen, Brennen und Viehschaden ; []
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