Pimpfe

Pimpf is a German nickname for a boy before his voice changes. It is a colloquial word from Upper German meaning 'boy', 'little rascal', 'scamp', or 'rapscallion' (originally 'little gas-bubble', as opposed to a Pumpf, the adult variant). It has the same etymology as 'pimp' and 'pimple'. In Nazi Germany, Pimpf was a term referring to a member of the Deutsches Jungvolk, the junior section of the Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany, for boys ten to fourteen. They were taught to be loyal to Hitler and the regime. Membership in the Hitler Youth was highly encouraged and incentivised during the mid-to-late 1930s and compulsory from 1939. The term is no longer commonly used.

German archaic term for a young boy

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Pimpf is a German nickname for a boy before his voice changes. It is a colloquial word from Upper German meaning 'boy', 'little rascal', 'scamp', or 'rapscallion' (originally 'little gas-bubble', as opposed to a Pumpf, the adult variant).^[1][2] It has the same etymology as 'pimp' and 'pimple'.^[3][4][5]

In Nazi Germany, Pimpf was a term referring to a member of the Deutsches Jungvolk, the junior section of the Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany, for boys ten to fourteen. They were taught to be loyal to Hitler and the regime. Membership in the Hitler Youth was highly encouraged and incentivised during the mid-to-late 1930s and compulsory from 1939.^[6]

The term is no longer commonly used.

References

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1. ^ "Duden | Pimpf | Rechtschreibung, Bedeutung, Definition, Herkunft". www.duden.de.
2. ^ Heberer, Patricia (2011) Children During the Holocaust, AltaMira Press, ISBN 978-0-7591-1984-0 (p. 265)
3. ^ "On Pimps and Faggots". OUPblog. 6 June 2007.
4. ^ "Definition of PIMP". www.merriam-webster.com. 7 July 2023.
5. ^ "Dwarves, Pimps, and Galoots, or Chance, Luck, and Serendipity in an Etymologist's Work" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2011.
6. ^ Shirer, William Lawrence (1960), The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany, New York City: Simon & Schuster, ASIN B0766DKDLR, LCCN 60006729, OCLC 1286630, OL 5794925M, Wikidata Q138029595

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