Bionade-Biedermeier

German

Etymology

Journalistic coinage, from Bionade, a popular brand of organic beverages, and Biedermeier. The brand name is presumably a blend of bio- +‎ Limonade.

Proper noun

das Bionade-Biedermeier n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Bionade-Biedermeiers)

  1. (humorous) a type of bobo (bourgeois-bohemian) lifestyle originally associated with some areas of Berlin, especially Prenzlauer Berg [from late 2000s]
    • 2025 February 21, Simone Schmollack, “AfD in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg: Der stabile Klischee-Kiez”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
      Der Kiez – stabil. Doch was wird sich nicht lustig gemacht über diese Ecke: Bionade-Biedermeier-Bezirk, Scheißspießerschwabenland, Pregnancy Hill mit seinen vielen Kindern.
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