Currant Crape: Origin and Meaning BRIGITTE.de

Currant crape: examples

  • Maren and Gerd have been eating together for a long time. Gerd orders a pizza magherita and a large cola from the Italian. When the waiter comes with the dishes, Gerd immediately notes: "It doesn't work that way, at least 50 mililiters are missing from the cola and the pizza is really a little too weakly filled with cheese." Maren, on the other hand, is ashamed of the pedant for the waiter from Gerd and scolds him: "You are an incorrigible currant kacker."
  • Jasmin always pays careful attention to her make-up before going out. Everything has to fit perfectly. It can take an hour or more for everything from eyeshadow to concealer to fit perfectly. If she goes shopping with her mother, there can be an argument as the mother quickly loses patience: "It can't be that I have to wait an hour for you before we can buy some groceries As far as make-up is concerned, you are a real currant kacker. "

Currant Kacker: Meaning

The word currant kacker is a very derogatory term. He describes one very petty and pedantic person. So in the Duden as a synonym for currant shackers stands "bureaucrat" or "pedant".

This derogatory remark is usually given to people who in their petty actions seem to be a hindrance to the speaker. However, they operate in a legal, non-vulnerable area, so that the term currant kacker tries to badly talk to the person.

In German-speaking countries there are also a lot of terms, one similar or even completely the same meaning have:

  • Bean counter
  • Beck knife
  • Spotty
  • Punctual Schiesser
  • Rivet counter
  • Crumb-shaker

In the Netherlands, however, the term (Krentenkakker) can be classified somewhat differently. That means a very miserly person. The pedant is rather insulted as a mugger.

Currant poacher: origin

The term currant kacker comes from the field of fruits. A currant is a very small, black-brown raisin that can spark a very strong taste. It is created by drying the fruits of real vines. The variety is called Korinthiaki, which is named after the Greek city of Corinth.

The expression of the currant cackle came about now, since it was assumed that very meticulous and petty people Even on the toilet always the same size produced, like the always the same size currants.

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