Turnbeutelvergesser
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Turnbeutel (“sports bag”) + vergessen (“to forget”) + -er
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Turnbeutelvergesser m (strong, genitive Turnbeutelvergessers, plural Turnbeutelvergesser, feminine Turnbeutelvergesserin)
- (colloquial, Northern Germany) a schoolchild who pretends to have forgotten their sports bag in order to avoid participating in physical education
- 2023 August 21, Friederike Gräff, quoting Ralf Elfering, “Der Weg zum Boxen: „Ich war ein Turnbeutelvergesser“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Bis zur zehnten Klasse hatte ich immer Sportlehrer, die vom Typ her Unteroffiziere waren. Da habe ich mich verweigert und war in diesen Jahren eher der klassische Turnbeutelvergesser.
- Until the tenth grade, I always had physical education teachers who acted like non-commissioned officers. So I refused and was more of a classic P.E. refusenik during those years.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Turnbeutelvergesser [masculine, strong]