innerer Schweinehund
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German
Etymology
Originally student slang, from older Sauhund.
Pronunciation
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Noun
innerer Schweinehund m (strong, definite nominative der innere Schweinehund, genitive (des) inneren Schweinehunds, plural innere Schweinehunde, definite plural die inneren Schweinehunde)
- shoulder devil (the weak or lazy part of one's nature)
- Ich habe meinen inneren Schweinehund überwunden und bin Joggen gegangen.
- I've overcome my shoulder devil and been for a jog.
- 1932 February 23, Kurt Schumacher, “Reichstagsrede 23. Februar 1932”, in Reichstagsprotokolle:
- Die ganze nationalsozalistiche Agitation is ein dauernder Appell an den inneren Schweinehund im Menschen.
- The whole National Socialist agitation is a constant appeal to the inner swine in man.
- 2019 January 9, Ijoma Mangold, “Meine Triebe sind kreativ”, in ZEITMagazin:
- Herr Blunck, in Ihrem autobiografischen Roman Hatten wir nicht mal Sex in den 80ern? gibt es Knirpsi, so nennen Sie Ihren inneren Schweinehund, dessen Einflüsterungen Sie gerne erlagen.
- Mr. Blunck, in your autobiographical novel Didn't We Have Sex in the 80s? there is Knirpsi, as you call your shoulder devil, whose whispers you liked to succumb to.
Declension
Declension of innerer Schweinehund
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine gender | strong declension | |||
| nominative | innerer Schweinehund | innere Schweinehunde | ||
| genitive | inneren Schweinehunds | innerer Schweinehunde | ||
| dative | innerem Schweinehund | inneren Schweinehunden | ||
| accusative | inneren Schweinehund | innere Schweinehunde | ||
| weak declension | ||||
| nominative | der | innere Schweinehund | die | inneren Schweinehunde |
| genitive | des | inneren Schweinehunds | der | inneren Schweinehunde |
| dative | dem | inneren Schweinehund | den | inneren Schweinehunden |
| accusative | den | inneren Schweinehund | die | inneren Schweinehunde |
| mixed declension | ||||
| nominative | ein | innerer Schweinehund | (keine) | inneren Schweinehunde |
| genitive | eines | inneren Schweinehunds | (keiner) | inneren Schweinehunde |
| dative | einem | inneren Schweinehund | (keinen) | inneren Schweinehunden |
| accusative | einen | inneren Schweinehund | (keine) | inneren Schweinehunde |
Further reading
innerer Schweinehund on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
