Sperenzien

Sperenzien (Diminutive: Sperenzchen ) is a colloquial term for arguments or actions, which caused someone a delay or disability of a project in the hope ( Latin sperantia ) prevent the project. The word is a plural tantum .

Synonyms

The term is used synonymously for excuses or difficulties, often in the form of “don't do it” or “he / she does it”. Colloquial synonyms are circumstances, fisimatents , antics, bitches . The expression is not only related to people, but also used for objects: "The engine does barriers" (the engine does not run smoothly).

etymology

The word is folk etymology derived from Latin sperantia or French espérance , the hope or expectation that the Sperenzien have the desired effect.

Possibly the word contaminated with lock itself .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Kluge: Etymological dictionary of the German language . 23rd edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-11-016392-6 , p. 777 .
↑ Ewald Harndt: French in Berlin jargon . Stapp Verlag, Berlin 1977, 9th edition 1987, ISBN 3-87776-403-7 , p. 52.

Web links

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

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

[Kluge-1] Kluge: Etymological dictionary of the German language . 23rd edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-11-016392-6 , p. 777 .

[2] Ewald Harndt: French in Berlin jargon . Stapp Verlag, Berlin 1977, 9th edition 1987, ISBN 3-87776-403-7 , p. 52.