Chapeau!

Chapeau! Hats off! An illustrated form of this exclamation

Chapeau! [ ʃaˈpoː ] is an exclamation of recognition also used in the German language area. It comes from the French language and is an interjection .

meaning

Chapeau means hat in the literal French-German translation . As a chapeau! the expression is used especially in the family or sporting area in the sense of hats off !, I take my hat off to you , all attention !, Bravo .

According to Jutta Limbach , this exclamation testifies to “[…] real joy and appreciation for another person and their performance […] and expresses surprise, but not astonishment […]”. " Immigrant words" like chapeau are particularly suitable for closing language gaps in interpersonal relationships. Contrary to respect! rather, it implies dignity and pride, sounds less like submissiveness.

In southeast Germany , chapeau means ! too boy, boy! or look, look! . At the Tour de France , Chapeau is next to À la bonne heure! the usual tribute to the great, outstanding performance of a driver.

Examples

• Chapeau Roger! (Süddeutsche Zeitung of August 21, 2007)
• Chapeau! - The New York Times goes to court with itself and criticizes its own reporting before the Iraq war ( Die Zeit, May 27, 2004 )
• Goodbye, Mr. President! - Johannes Rau resigns ( Süddeutsche Zeitung of June 28, 2004 )
• Chapeau , a song by Robert Redweik from 2015

literature

• Ulrich Ammon : German dictionary of variants. The standard language in Austria, Switzerland and Germany as well as in Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, East Belgium and South Tyrol. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2004, ISBN 3-11-016575-9 , p. 161.
• Jutta Limbach : Immigrated words. Hueber Verlag, Ismaning 2008, ISBN 978-3-19-207891-0 , p. 23 (also on Google Books).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jutta Limbach: Immigrated words. Hueber Verlag, 2008, p. 23, ISBN 978-3-19-207891-0
2. ↑ Ulrich Ammon: Variant Dictionary of German: the standard language in Austria, Switzerland and Germany as well as in Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, East Belgium and South Tyrol. Walter de Gruyter, 2004, p. 161
3. ↑ Chapeau, Lance !: The Handelsblatt from July 26, 2004

Web links

Wiktionary: Chapeau  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: chapeau  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations