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Pronunciation / Transliteration: tölpel
"Er benahm sich wie ein Dorftölpel."
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An awkward or simple person from the country.
"He felt like a country bumpkin in the sophisticated big city."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Middle Dutch word 'bommekijn', meaning a little barrel or drum, it later shifted in 16th-century English to denote a short, thick-set person, and eventually evolved to describe an awkward, uncultivated country person.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bumpkin" is said worldwide
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béquillard
Transliteration: bekyard
"Il se sentait comme un péquenaud à la capitale."
Tölpel
Transliteration: tölpel
"Er benahm sich wie ein Dorftölpel."
cafone
Transliteration: cafone
"Sembrava proprio un villano arrivato dalla campagna."
patán
Transliteration: patan
"Se sentía como un paleto en la gran ciudad."
caipira
Transliteration: caipira
"Ele agia como um verdadeiro caipira na cidade grande."
गवार
Transliteration: gawaar
"वह बड़े शहर में खुदको एक गवार की तरह महसूस कर रहा था।"
乡巴佬
Transliteration: xiāngbālǎo
"他在大城市里觉得自己像个乡巴佬。"
시골뜨기
Transliteration: sigoltteugi
"그는 대도시에서 자신을 시골뜨기처럼 느꼈다."
田舎者
Transliteration: inakamono
"彼は大都会で自分が田舎者のように感じた。"
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