Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses
German
Etymology
Literally: “provocation of public nuisance (or vexation)”.
Noun
Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses f (genitive Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses, plural Erregungen öffentlichen Ärgernisses)
- (law, Germany) the crime of performing sexual acts in public
Usage notes
- In common usage, public nudity is often included in the term. By law, however, mere nudity is not a crime but at most an Ordnungswidrigkeit (“contravention subject to a civil punishment”).