Puppenjunge
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Euphemistic form of Pupenjunge. Surface analysis: Puppe (“doll”) + Junge (“male youth”).[1]
Noun
[edit]Puppenjunge m (weak, genitive Puppenjungen, plural Puppenjungen)
- (derogatory) Euphemistic form of Pupenjunge (“male prostitute”).
Declension
[edit]Declension of Puppenjunge [masculine, weak]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Puppenjunge | die | Puppenjungen |
| genitive | eines | des | Puppenjungen | der | Puppenjungen |
| dative | einem | dem | Puppenjungen | den | Puppenjungen |
| accusative | einen | den | Puppenjungen | die | Puppenjungen |
References
[edit]- ^ John Henry Mackay (1926) Hubert Kennedy, transl., The Hustler: The Story of a Nameless Love from Friedrich Street, Alyson Publications, published 1985, →ISBN, page 293