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> angebergesellschaft Google didn't help with translating this one, can you shed Teutonic light on this word?
by totololo 7y ago
> angebergesellschaft
Google didn't help with translating this one, can you shed Teutonic light on this word?
- mjmasn 7y agoI got angeber = "show off" and gesellschaft = "society", which I think makes sense in the context of hnarn's comment. I'm not German though so not 100% sure.
- hnarn 7y ago"Angeber" is a somewhat archaic word for an informant (but apparently means "show-off" today), so it's someone who reports you to the authorities, essentially a "snitch" but with a much more authoritarian connotation. So it's a society of informants, where everybody's afraid to be genuine due to the possible repercussions.