Armleuchter

From Arm (“arm, upper limb”) +‎ Leuchter (“candlestick”).

The pejorative use is from the similarity with Arschloch (“arsehole”), or perhaps specifically the latter's plural form, Arschlöcher.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʁmˌlɔʏ̯çtəʁ/, [ˈʔaʁmˌlɔʏ̯ç.tɐ], [ˈʔaɐ̯m-], [ˈʔaːm-]

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• Hyphenation: Arm‧leuch‧ter

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1. candelabrum (candle holder with two or more arms)

   Synonym: Kandelaber

   Hypernym: Kerzenständer

2. (derogatory, minced oath) a contemptible or stupid person, a dick, prick, jerk, fool

   Synonyms: Arschloch, Mistkerl, Trottel, Idiot

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• “Armleuchter” in Duden online
• “Armleuchter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Armleuchter” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Friedrich Kluge (2002), “Armleuchter”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 24th edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN