Armleuchter

Armleuchter

German

Etymology

Arm (“arm (upper limb)”) +‎ Leuchter (“candlestick”)

The pejorative sense was acquired because the initial letters making up this compound parallel those of Arschloch (“asshole”), which is a far more serious insult.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʁmˌlɔɪ̯çtɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Arm‧leuch‧ter

Noun

Armleuchter m (strong, genitive Armleuchters, plural Armleuchter)

1. candelabrum

   Synonym: Kandelaber

2. (derogatory) contemptible person, dick, prick, jerk

   Synonyms: Arschloch, Mistkerl

3. (derogatory, somewhat dated) fool

   Synonyms: Depp, Idiot

Declension

Declension of Armleuchter [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Armleuchter	die	Armleuchter
genitive	eines	des	Armleuchters	der	Armleuchter
dative	einem	dem	Armleuchter	den	Armleuchtern
accusative	einen	den	Armleuchter	die	Armleuchter

Further reading

• “Armleuchter” in Duden online
• “Armleuchter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Armleuchter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Friedrich Kluge (2002), “Armleuchter”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN