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Dutch term or phrase:
ambtenarenkinkel
English translation:
clerical clods
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Dutch term
ambtenarenkinkel
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autobiografie
Hitler is boos dat hij niet toe wordt gelaten aan de kunstacademie en noemt de professoren 'ambtenarenkinkels'
Het doelpubliek: Engeland en Amerika
Contextzin: ‘Het zijn louter oude verkrampte, bekrompen staatsdienaren, bureaucraten zonder verstand, stomme ambtenarenkinkels.'
Het doelpubliek: Engeland en Amerika
Contextzin: ‘Het zijn louter oude verkrampte, bekrompen staatsdienaren, bureaucraten zonder verstand, stomme ambtenarenkinkels.'
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clerical clods
I wonder if you consulted a dictionary before posting. Ambtenaren are clerical workers. Kinkel are clodhoppers, clowns. In a different context, it could mean rustics or country boors.
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-07-16 08:33:16 GMT)
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A clod is literally a lump of earth but the word is also used in the sense of a shortened form of clodhopper: a foolish, awkward or clumsy person.
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-07-16 08:33:16 GMT)
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A clod is literally a lump of earth but the word is also used in the sense of a shortened form of clodhopper: a foolish, awkward or clumsy person.
Note from asker:
| I did consult a dictionary and I came up with 'clerical louts'. But that sounds so strange to me. I have not found the word 'clods' anywhere. But your answer sounds great to me! Tanks a lot! |
| Thank again for the information! I will definitely remember this! |
| It is someone doing research into the life of Hitler by means of other books such as Mein Kampf indeed, so excuse me if I have wrongly use the term autobiography. It is actually not book about the war, but about Hitler's psychological motives |
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