Dünnbrettbohrer
German, noun/ˈdʏnbrɛtboːrɐ/
Dünnbrettbohrer is a German masculine noun meaning “intellectual lightweight (person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bequeme Person, die”.
What does Dünnbrettbohrer mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineintellectual lightweight (person)
- 2
colloquialmasculineslacker
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bequeme Person, die 2. Anstrengungen vermeidet und Probleme und Schwierigkeiten gar nicht erst angeht, 3. keine Leistung bringt, 4. den einfachsten Weg zum Ziel wählt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Dünnbrettbohrer
- Dünnbrettbohrers genitive
- Dünnbrettbohrern dative definite plural
- Dünnbrettbohrerin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dünnbrettbohrer?
- /ˈdʏnbrɛtboːrɐ/
- [ˈdʏnbʁɛtˌboːʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dünnbrettbohrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dünnbrettbohrer in German?
Dünnbrettbohrer appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).