Adabei

Bavarian

Etymology

Nominalisation of a (“also, as well, too”) + dabei (“be there, be present”).

Pronunciation

• (Central Bavarian) IPA^(key): /aːd̥aˈb̥aɛ̯/
• (Vienna) IPA^(key): /aːd̥aˈb̥æː/
• Hyphenation: A‧da‧bei

Noun

Adabei m (plural Adabei)

1. Someone who constantly attends social events (and thus is literally "there as well"); someone with a feeling of importance and the desire of belonging to high society.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Bavarian Adabei.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /aːdaˈbaɪ̯/
• (Bavaria, Austria) IPA^(key): /aːd̥aˈb̥aɪ̯/
• Hyphenation: A‧da‧bei

Noun

Adabei m (strong, genitive Adabeis, plural Adabeis)

1. (Bavaria, Austria, informal) Someone who constantly attends social events (and thus is literally "there as well"); someone with a feeling of importance and the desire of belonging to high society.

Declension

Declension of Adabei [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Adabei	die	Adabeis
genitive	eines	des	Adabeis	der	Adabeis
dative	einem	dem	Adabei	den	Adabeis
accusative	einen	den	Adabei	die	Adabeis

Further reading

• Ebner, Jakob (2019) Duden, Österreichisches Deutsch. Wörterbuch der Gegenwartssprache in Österreich, 5th edition, Berlin: Dudenverlag, →ISBN, page 89