hanebüchen

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German

Etymology

From earlier hagebüchen, from Middle High German hagenbüechīn, made from gnarly Hagebuche (hornbeam) wood.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːnəˌbyːçn̩/
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Adjective

hanebüchen (strong nominative masculine singular hanebüchener, comparative hanebüchener, superlative am hanebüchensten)

  1. absurd; ludicrous; incongruous
    Synonyms: absurd, abstrus, aberwitzig, abwegig, haarsträubend
    hanebüchener Unsinnutter nonsense
    • 2014 April 8, Hans von der Hagen, “"Die mächtigste Kennzahl der Menschheitsgeschichte"”, in Süddeutsche Zeitung:
      Petty interessierte, wie viel Geld in den einzelnen Gesellschaftsschichten im Umlauf war und wie viel die Krone davon abschöpfen konnte. Aber seine Statistiken waren hanebüchen.
      Petty was interested in how much money there was in circulation among the different social classes and how much of it the Crown could skim off. But his statistics were absurd.
  2. outrageous; scandalous
    Synonyms: unerhört, unsäglich, unverschämt
    eine hanebüchene Frechheitan outrageous insolence

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