Saubermann

German
FWOTD – 30 December 2015

Etymology

sauber (“clean”) +‎ Mann (“man”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈzaʊ̯bɐˌman]
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  • Hyphenation: Sau‧ber‧mann

Noun

Saubermann m (genitive Saubermanns or Saubermannes, plural Saubermänner, feminine Sauberfrau)

  1. (humorous, chiefly politics) "Mr. Clean" (Someone with a squeaky clean image or who cares about public morality.)
    • 2004, Der Spiegel, issue 48/2004, page 18:
      Der selbst ernannte Saubermann des Europa-Parlaments […] ist selbst ins Visier der Betrugsermittler der EU geraten.
      The self-declared "Mr. Clean" of the European Parliament […] has himself become a target of the fraud investigators of the EU.

Declension
Declension of Saubermann
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Saubermann die Saubermänner
genitive eines des Saubermannes,
Saubermanns		 der Saubermänner
dative einem dem Saubermann,
Saubermanne1		 den Saubermännern
accusative einen den Saubermann die Saubermänner
1Now uncommon, see notes

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