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German
Etymology
Literally, “the poodle's core”. The phrase is taken from a scene in Faust, Part One during which a black poodle follows Faust home and transforms into a wandering scholar, who is actually Mephistopheles in disguise. Faust exclaims: "Das war also des Pudels Kern!" (“So that was the poodle's core!”); that is, "So that's what was going on inside the poodle!".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɛs ˈpuːdl̩s ˈkɛrn/
- Hyphenation: des Pu‧dels Kern
Noun
des Pudels Kern m
- the crux of the matter, the gist of the matter, the heart of the matter
- Synonym: Kern der Sache
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