High Snobiety
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German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pseudo-anglicism, from English high society and Snob (itself from English snob).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]High Snobiety f (genitive High Snobiety, no plural)
- (sometimes derogatory) High society, posh people, especially those with snobbish attitudes.
- 1964, Opernwelt, volume 5, E. Friedrich:
- [M]ächtig rauscht der Beifall durchs Cuvillie V Theater, in dessen Parkett Münchens High Snobiety zahlreich vertreten ist.
- A round of applause erupted through the Cuvillie V Theatre, whose parquet seated many of Munich's high society.
- 1979, Eulenspiegel, volume 26, Berliner Verlag:
- Auf den Markten der westlichen High-Snobiety wird jetzt eine besondere Exklusivität ongeboten: Eine Armbanduhr in Form eines Minigoldbarrens mit original Punzstempel der Schweizerischen Bankgesellschaft.
- Now offered exclusively in western high society markets: a wristwatch in the form of a miniature gold bullion, with the original logo of the Union Bank of Switzerland.
- 2008, H. F. Darbek, Haben Sie Wien schon bei Nacht gesehen?: eine persönliche Wien-Betrachtung, Books on Demand:
- Das gleiche gilt für das so genannte Haas-Haus, direkt an der Ecke Stephansplatz-Graben, ca 50 m von der Stephanskirche entfernt. Mit Nobelrestaurant im letzen Stock. Hier feiert üblicherweise ein Teil der High-Snobiety den Jahreswechsel.
- The same applies to the Haas Haus, located right on the corner of Graben and Stephansplatz, about 50 metres from St. Stephen's Cathedral. It has an elegant restaurant on the highest floor. Here is where some members of high society celebrate the New Year.
Declension
[edit]Declension of High Snobiety [sg-only, feminine]
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “High Snobiety” in Duden online
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