bramarbasieren

German

Etymology

Bramarbas (figure in a satire by B. Mencke (1710)) +‎ -ieren; that name was used by Johann Christoph Gottsched for the protagonist in his German translation (1741) of the comedy Jacob von Thyboe by Ludvig Holberg. bramarbasieren is first attested in Christian Fürchtegott Gellert's treatise on good taste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁamaʁbaˈziːʁən/
  • Hyphenation: bra‧mar‧ba‧sie‧ren
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Verb

bramarbasieren (weak, third-person singular present bramarbasiert, past tense bramarbasierte, past participle bramarbasiert, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, literary, derogatory, dated) to brag
    Synonyms: angeben, aufschneiden, prahlen

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