Schlaumeier
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- sly fox, cunning person
Etymology
Compound from German schlau (smart, crafty, clever) + German Meier (but in some dialects dairy farmer, steward, manager).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Meier
Gloss
but in some dialects dairy farmer, steward, manager
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Meier English
- Meier German
- Schlauberger German
- Schlaukopf German
- abmeiern German
- schlau German
- schlauerweise German
- mejeri Danish
- slû Middle Low German