Bill48 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Any idea what Handschuhsheimerin means? Handschuh is a glove, but that's all I can figure out. I've come across this word often and the contexts are so varied that that does not help. Trying on line translators and trying dictionaries falls. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 7 hours ago, Bill48 said: Any idea what Handschuhsheimerin means? Handschuh is a glove, but that's all I can figure out. I've come across this word often and the contexts are so varied that that does not help. Trying on line translators and trying dictionaries falls. Anyone know? Hi there. I am a German native speaker but I never came across this word. If you could provide some examples with context, I might help you to figure it out! regards L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill48 Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Here's a random example I picked from Google: "Aber auch Emilie Meier, keine der intellektuellen Vorzeigefrauen, sondern alteingesessene einfache Handschuhsheimerin, findet sich in der Reihe der Heidelberger Frauenporträts." This came from http://ww2.heidelberg.de/stadtblatt-online/index.php?artikel_id=1607&bf=. I've come across the word many times and other than something to do with gloves, no idea of its definition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 2 hours ago, Bill48 said: Here's a random example I picked from Google: "Aber auch Emilie Meier, keine der intellektuellen Vorzeigefrauen, sondern alteingesessene einfache Handschuhsheimerin, findet sich in der Reihe der Heidelberger Frauenporträts." This came from http://ww2.heidelberg.de/stadtblatt-online/index.php?artikel_id=1607&bf=. I've come across the word many times and other than something to do with gloves, no idea of its definition. Well, I just did some research and it turns out that Handschuhsheimerin simply means that someone is from a specific area of the city of Heidelberg, Germany. So, to be more precise: Handschuhsheim is an area in Heidelberg, and Handschuhsheimerin simply is the description of a person coming from that area :=) regards L Bill48 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill48 Posted February 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 On 2/10/2016 3:56:03, Bill48 said: Any idea what Handschuhsheimerin means? Handschuh is a glove, but that's all I can figure out. I've come across this word often and the contexts are so varied that that does not help. Trying on line translators and trying dictionaries falls. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill48 Posted February 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Thanks. I just looked at a map of Heidelberg and there's Handschuhsheim in the north of the city. So the word literally means "glove home", I guess. linguaholic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 On 12.2.2016, 21:02:41, Bill48 said: Thanks. I just looked at a map of Heidelberg and there's Handschuhsheim in the north of the city. So the word literally means "glove home", I guess. Yes, kind of :=) It must be a metaphorical meaning, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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