Blockwart
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈblɔkˌvaʁt]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Block‧wart
Noun
Blockwart m (strong, genitive Blockwartes or Blockwarts, plural Blockwarte)
- (Nazism) neighborhood guard in Nazi Germany
- Synonym: Blockleiter
- (colloquial) a nosy person, especially a nosy neighbor
- Synonyms: Schnüffler, (Switzerland) Quartiersheriff
Declension
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Related terms
- Blockwartmentalität, Blockwartstaat
- Blockältester, Blocksatz
- Häuserblock, Wohnblock
- Kassenwart, Torwart
See also
- Abschnittsbevollmächtigter
- IM
Further reading
- “Blockwart” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Blockwart” in Duden online
- “Blockwart” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Blockwart”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
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