Landpomeranze

German

Etymology

Land +‎ Pomeranze

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlantpoməˌʁant͡sə/
(file)

Noun

Landpomeranze f (genitive Landpomeranze, plural Landpomeranzen)

(derogatory) country bumpkin
Synonym: Landei

Coordinate term: Stadtpflanze
- 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan‎, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 313:
  Magda hatte zu der Gräfin gesagt: „Spute dich, du dumme Landpomeranze, daß der Herr Leutnant den Kaffee kriegt.“
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Usage notes

Originally only used for female referents.

Declension

Declension of Landpomeranze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Landpomeranze	die	Landpomeranzen
genitive	einer	der	Landpomeranze	der	Landpomeranzen
dative	einer	der	Landpomeranze	den	Landpomeranzen
accusative	eine	die	Landpomeranze	die	Landpomeranzen

Further reading

“Landpomeranze” in Duden online
“Landpomeranze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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