der Esel nennt sich immer zuerst
German, proverb
der Esel nennt sich immer zuerst is spelled D-E-R-E-S-E-L-N-E-N-N-T-S-I-C-H-I-M-M-E-R-Z-U-E-R-S-T (27 letters). Der Esel nennt sich immer zuerst is a German proverb meaning “Said when someone mentions themselves first in an enumeration of people (like “I and you”, “I and my friend”), which is considered…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does der Esel nennt sich immer zuerst mean in English?
proverb
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Said when someone mentions themselves first in an enumeration of people (like “I and you”, “I and my friend”), which is considered unmannered in the German-speaking (and some other) countries
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).