Wendehals

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Etymology

wenden (“turn around”) +‎ Hals (“neck”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wendehals m (genitive Wendehalses, plural Wendehälse)

  1. The Eurasian wryneck(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Jynx torquilla).
  2. An opportunist, a person with no principles.
  3. (politics) A political opportunist after a regime change, particularly a communist in East Germany who switched to supporting capitalism after German reunification.

Declension

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Descendants

  • Russian: вертише́йка (vertišéjka) (calque)

Further reading

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