Schwachmat
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editClipping of the older forms above, themselves from schwach (“weak”) blended with medical terms like Rheumatiker/Rheumatikus (“rheumatic”), Phlegmatiker/Phlegmatikus (“phlegmatic”), originally in student slang.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSchwachmat m (weak, genitive Schwachmaten, plural Schwachmaten)
- (colloquial, derogatory) someone with intellectual or bodily deficiencies
- moron, idiot
- Synonyms: Idiot, Dummkopf, Schwachkopf, Trottel
- 2008, “Mein Ding”, in Stark wie Zwei, performed by Udo Lindenberg:
- Ich mach mein Ding / Egal was die anderen labern / Was die Schwachmaten einem so raten / Das ist egal / Ich mach mein Ding
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2022 February 3, Emeli Glaser, “Video der Techniker Krankenkasse: Krebsvorsorge, aber als Porno”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Das Traurigste aber ist, dass “Der life-saving Handjob“ nämlich eines zeigt: Die Kampagne hält Männer für absolute Schwachmaten.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (dated) weakling, chicken
- Synonyms: Schwächling, Schlappschwanz
- moron, idiot
Declension
editDeclension of Schwachmat [masculine, weak]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Schwachmat | die | Schwachmaten |
genitive | eines | des | Schwachmaten | der | Schwachmaten |
dative | einem | dem | Schwachmaten | den | Schwachmaten |
accusative | einen | den | Schwachmaten | die | Schwachmaten |
Further reading
edit- “Schwachmat” in Duden online
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