Saubermann
German
FWOTD – 30 December 2015
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈzaʊ̯bɐˌman]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Sau‧ber‧mann
Noun
Saubermann m (genitive Saubermanns or Saubermannes, plural Saubermänner, feminine Sauberfrau)
- (humorous, chiefly politics) "Mr. Clean" (Someone with a squeaky clean image or who cares about public morality.)
- 2004, Der Spiegel, issue 48/2004, page 18:
- Der selbst ernannte Saubermann des Europa-Parlaments […] ist selbst ins Visier der Betrugsermittler der EU geraten.
- The self-declared "Mr. Clean" of the European Parliament […] has himself become a target of the fraud investigators of the EU.
- Der selbst ernannte Saubermann des Europa-Parlaments […] ist selbst ins Visier der Betrugsermittler der EU geraten.
- 2004, Der Spiegel, issue 48/2004, page 18:
Declension
Declension of Saubermann
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Saubermann | die | Saubermänner |
| genitive | eines | des | Saubermannes, Saubermanns |
der | Saubermänner |
| dative | einem | dem | Saubermann, Saubermanne1 |
den | Saubermännern |
| accusative | einen | den | Saubermann | die | Saubermänner |
1Now uncommon, see notes
Further reading
- Saubermann in Duden online
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