Schmalhans

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃmaːlˌhans/

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Noun

Schmalhans m (strong, genitive Schmalhanses or Schmalhans, plural Schmalhanse)

1. (only in the expression mentioned below) someone who is miserly and avaricious

   Da ist Schmalhans Küchenmeister.

   We must be economical [of a certain good]. There are insufficient provisions [of something].

   (literally, “The chef is a miserly person.”)

Declension

Declension of Schmalhans [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schmalhans	die	Schmalhanse
genitive	eines	des	Schmalhanses, Schmalhans	der	Schmalhanse
dative	einem	dem	Schmalhans, Schmalhanse1	den	Schmalhansen
accusative	einen	den	Schmalhans	die	Schmalhanse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Schmalhans” in Duden online