Dünnbrettbohrer

German

Etymology

dünn (“slim”) +‎ Brett (“plank”) +‎ Bohrer (“driller”), originally in the context of craftsmanship or home improvement, someone who prefers easy tasks, drilling only slim boards/planks and leaving the more difficult thicker ones for others (or for later).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʏnbrɛtboːrɐ/

• Audio:

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Noun

Dünnbrettbohrer m (strong, genitive Dünnbrettbohrers, plural Dünnbrettbohrer)

1. (colloquial) intellectual lightweight (person)
2. (colloquial) slacker

Declension

Declension of Dünnbrettbohrer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dünnbrettbohrer	die	Dünnbrettbohrer
genitive	eines	des	Dünnbrettbohrers	der	Dünnbrettbohrer
dative	einem	dem	Dünnbrettbohrer	den	Dünnbrettbohrern
accusative	einen	den	Dünnbrettbohrer	die	Dünnbrettbohrer

Further reading

• “Dünnbrettbohrer” in Duden online