Pig priest

The swear word pig priests is used to describe people for whom one feels rejection and contempt. In the dictionary of the Brothers Grimm it is said that the word pig priest or pig priest means "an unclean or filthy person".

The word has been used since the 19th century and may designate swineherd in the monastery service who, among other things, also castrated the piglets , or it came from the student's language and referred to those who have undeserved luck ("pig").

Web links

Hermann Essig: The pig priest . projekt-gutenberg.org

Individual evidence

↑ pig, pig priest. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 15 : Schiefeln – Soul - (IX). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1899 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
↑ Falko Hennig: Klüger Schimpfen: Pig Priest . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 21, 2012
↑ Cornelia Schlagbauer: Pig Priest . In: Religious Word Treasures . Institute for German Studies at the University of Graz. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
^ Wilhelm Medicus: The natural history according to word and verdict of the people (Nördlingen: Beck'sche Buchhandlung 1867), p. 107 . Retrieved April 2, 2020.

[1] , pig priest. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 15 : Schiefeln – Soul - (IX). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1899 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).

[2] Falko Hennig: Klüger Schimpfen: Pig Priest . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 21, 2012

[3] Cornelia Schlagbauer: Pig Priest . In: Religious Word Treasures . Institute for German Studies at the University of Graz. Retrieved August 10, 2015.

[4] Wilhelm Medicus: The natural history according to word and verdict of the people (Nördlingen: Beck'sche Buchhandlung 1867), p. 107 . Retrieved April 2, 2020.