Jeder Popel faehrt Opel

Jeder Popel faehrt Opel

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Popel
See also: popel and pop;l

German

Etymology:
19th century. Said to be of Central German origin. Used for various misshapen or thickish objects.

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Noun
Popel m (strong, genitive Popels, plural Popel)

booger, boogers, bogey (piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril)
hickey (printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface)
Declension
Declension of Popel [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
Nasenpopel
popeln
Etymology 2
From Middle Low German p;pel, from Latin populus (either directly or through Old French pueple). Doublet of Poebel. In sense 1 perhaps influenced by etymology 1, but the relation remains unclear as long as the former’s origin is obscure.

Noun
Popel m (strong, genitive Popels, plural Popel)

a pitiable or insignificant person (usually male)
(dated) one of the common people, proletarian, member of the working (or lower middle) class
(archaic) Alternative form of Poebel (“plebs, mob”)
Declension
Declension of Popel [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
popelig
Further reading
“Popel” in Duden online