putzmunter

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German

Etymology

potz +‎ munter

Adjective

putzmunter (strong nominative masculine singular putzmunterer, not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) very lively or cheery
    • 1918, Josephine Siebe, Die Sternbuben in der Großstadt:
      Mathes und Peter hatten an diesem Tag schon viel erlebt, und sie waren vor lauter Sehen und Sichwundern so müde geworden, daß sie zuletzt eingeschlafen waren. Hier in Leipzig aber wurden sie wieder putzmunter.
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    • 2019 February 14, Ekkehard Knörer, “Sie brach Regeln, die sie nicht kannte”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN, page 24:
      Voilà Agnès Varda. Neunzig Jahre alt, putzmunter.
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