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German
Etymology
From Stube (“living room”) + -n- + Hocker (“sitter”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Stubenhocker m (strong, genitive Stubenhockers, plural Stubenhocker, feminine Stubenhockerin)
- (colloquial, derogatory) couch potato, homebody, stay at home (a person who prefers to remain at home, rather than participate in social events)
- Synonym: Nesthocker
2010, Guido Knopp, Stefan Brauburger, Peter Arens, Die Deutschen von Karl dem Großen bis Rosa Luxemburg, C. Bertelsmann Verlag, →ISBN:Die Natur hatte ihnen durchaus unterschiedliche Anlagen und Talente mit auf den Weg gegeben: Während Johann Georg ein Stubenhocker und Bücherwurm war, der die ernsthaften Anlagen seiner Mutter Anna Sophie geerbt hatte, schlug […]- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Declension of Stubenhocker
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