Yes and no

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Jein (more rarely: "jain") is a crossword that is occasionally and often used jokingly in German-speaking countries . It is a suitcase word made up of the words yes and no and has the meaning “yes and no”, whereby “yes and no” is rarely used in the sense of “maybe”. “Yes and no” is mostly used when a question cannot be answered clearly or even at the same time with “Yes” and “No”, or when you want to answer a question with reservations , ie “Yes, but…” or “No, but ... ". The answer “yes and no” is often followed by an explanation that explains the pros and cons.

  • Usage example:
Question: "Have you been to Bremen before ?"
Answer: “Yes and no. I've been there before, but only drove through it. I haven't actually seen the city. "

psychology

In the psychological context, yes and no was discussed in connection with weak decision-making or avoidance behavior , for example by the psychologists Stefanie Stahl or Jochen Albert, but also in popular presentations.

Culture

The term yes and no is occasionally used in cabaret , e.g. B. by Peter Sodann or in 2014 in the program “Germany says yes and no!” By the porcupines .

In 1966, the singer released Mary Roos entitled Yes and no, the Means Yes And No Horst Heinz Henning and Klaus Netzle on the B-side of their single How the wind ... . In 1996 the German hip-hop group Fettes Brot released the title Jein as a single and on their album Außen Top Hits, inside Taste .

Web links

Wiktionary: yes and no  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yes and no in Duden , accessed on March 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ Jörg Bücker: Yes and No: Forms and functions of a dialogue particle in oral and written form . In: Journal for German Linguistics . tape 41 , no. 2 , January 1, 2013, ISSN  1613-0626 , doi : 10.1515 / zgl-2013-0012 .
  3. ↑ Stefanie Stahl : Yes and no! Recognize and overcome attachment fears. Ellert & Richter 2008, ISBN 978-3-8319-0290-3 or From Yes and No to Yes! Verlag Ellert & Richter 2014, ISBN 978-3-8319-0570-6 .
  4. ↑ Jochen Albert: "Yes and no" - decision making in health professions. Springer, Berlin et al. 2011, ISBN 978-3-642-16994-6 .
  5. ^ Matthias Burchardt, Nora Hespers, Andrea Mayer: Yes? No? ... Yes and no! Compass for the everyday conflict of conscience. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-462-04361-7 .
  6. ↑ "... that our yes and no to Ulbricht does not necessarily have to be a yes to Adenauer." In: Ernst Röhl : Rat der Spötter. Peter Sodann's cabaret. Kiepenheuer, Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-378-01062-2 , p. 23.
  7. ↑ Volkmar Draeger: Close to the topic: The "porcupines" claim "Germany says YES!" , Neues Deutschland , October 25, 2014.
  8. ↑ Yes and no, that means yes and no at Discogs
  9. ↑ Yes and no, that means yes and no yes and no in the catalog of the German National Library .