blinder Passagier

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Etymology

blind (blind) + Passagier (passenger)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌblɪndɐ pasaˈʒiːɐ̯/
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Noun

blinder Passagier m (strong, definite nominative der blinde Passagier, genitive (des) blinden Passagiers, plural blinde Passagiere, definite plural die blinden Passagiere, feminine blinde Passagierin)

  1. (idiomatic) stowaway
    • 1796, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chapter 9, in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre [Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship]‎, volume 2:
      Man war nicht lange gefahren, als der Schiffer stillehielt, um mit Erlaubnis der Gesellschaft noch jemand einzunehmen, der am Ufer stand und gewinkt hatte. "Das ist eben noch, was wir brauchten", rief Philine, "ein blinder Passagier fehlte noch der Reisegesellschaft."
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    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, “Die Heimkehr”, in Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Doch als es morgens tagte, / Mein Kind, wie staunten wir! / Denn zwischen uns saß Amor, / Der blinde Passagier
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blind,‎ Passagier.

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