Schubladendenken

German

Etymology

Schublade +‎ -n- +‎ Denken, literally “drawer thinking”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃuːplaːdn̩ˌdɛŋkn̩/
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Noun

Schubladendenken n (strong, genitive Schubladendenkens, no plural)

  1. (idiomatic) pigeonholing, stereotyped thinking
    • 2018 November 9, Johannes Kopp, “Kolumne Press-Schlag: Boa, krass!”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[1], →ISSN:
      [Jérôme] Boateng beklagt zunehmendes ausländerfeindliches Schubladendenken und er erzählt von demütigenden Erfahrungen, die er in Berlin als Jugendfußballer erlebt hat.
      [Jérôme] Boateng laments increasing xenophobic stereotyped thinking, and he recounts humiliating experiences he lived through as a young soccer player in Berlin.

Declension

Declension of Schubladendenken [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Schubladendenken
genitive eines des Schubladendenkens
dative einem dem Schubladendenken
accusative ein das Schubladendenken

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