Ende Gelände
German
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Phrase
- (colloquial) Indicating that something has ended. The rhyme has a reinforcing effect.
- Synonym: aus die Maus
- 2014, Zadie Smith, London NW: Roman, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, →ISBN, page 146:
- »Ich bin hergekommen, weil ich dir helfen will.« »Aber hier braucht keiner deine Hilfe, Keisha! So sieht's aus! Ich will nichts von dir, Ende Gelände. — “I came here because I want to help you.” “But nobody here needs your help, Keisha! That's how it looks! I do not want anything from you, that's it.”
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Further reading
- “Ende Gelände”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
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