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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Etappenpenner

English translation:

snooze hopper

Added to glossary by franglish
Apr 5, 2009 03:37
15 yrs ago
German term

Etappenpenner

German to English Art/Literary Slang
This is a term coined by German friends of mine - it refers to people (like me) who sleep for, say, four hours, work for a while, take a nap again, work for a while, and so on.

This question is not related to any translation job, I am wondering if there is any English equivalent to this recently created, hilarious term.

I am looking forward to any creative suggestions!

TIA! :-)))
Proposed translations (English)
2 snooze hopper
3 +9 power napper
4 +2 cat napper
3 +2 A perfect polyphasic sleeper
1 sleep-doer
Change log

Apr 5, 2009 03:38: Nicole Schnell changed "Language pair" from "English to German" to "German to English"

Apr 9, 2009 07:35: franglish Created KOG entry

Discussion

David Williams Apr 10, 2009:
Sorry, I actually meant the other word that you referred to. If it was created a few days ago then I guess it could have been on the 1st, although this one obviously isn't. Happy Easter :-)
Nicole Schnell (asker) Apr 10, 2009:
Hi David, no April Fool's joke - just something for private use. Thanks so much for the suggestions, I was looking for something with "a touch of Dave Barry" rather than a technical term.
David Williams Apr 9, 2009:
Was that an April Fool's joke?
Nicole Schnell (asker) Apr 9, 2009:
Thanks again! I wanted to create a new word as an equivalent to a word that had been created a few days ago.

Proposed translations

3 hrs
Selected

snooze hopper

too cute?
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks so much for your excellent suggestions! The snooze hopper did the trick. I would love to see this term added to Webster's Dictionary sometimes soon. "
1 hr

sleep-doer

pure guesswork
Peer comment(s):
neutral David Williams : Sounds rather "creative"
1 hr
it is a recently created term nicole is looking for!
neutral Paul Cohen : Sounds like a sleepwalker to me.
14 hrs
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+2
2 hrs

cat napper

My mum works like this too, taking more or less regular naps.

Cat nap Also found in: Medical, Wikipedia: a very short sleep.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Cat nap

SIESTA (redirected from Cat nap) : Cardiology A clinical trial–Snooze-Induced Excitation of Sympathetic Triggered Activity
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Cat nap
Example sentence:

have a cat nap (general) (Idiom) ein Nickerchen machen

Reference:

http://www.woxikon.de/deutsch-englisch/have%20a%20cat%20nap.php

Peer comment(s):
agree Anne-Marie Grant (X)
2 hrs
agree Helen Shiner : Also good
3 hrs
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+2
3 hrs

A perfect polyphasic sleeper

The 'perfect' part is added with tongue in cheek, of course ;-)
Peer comment(s):
agree Helen Shiner : Cat napper and power napper are not particularly humourful, but 'polyphasic sleeper' could well be used in that way - excellent, casper!/How about 'polyphasic napper' which would sum it up perfectly!/ Genau!
3 hrs
Thank you, Helen. I would've thought that 'polyphasic sleeper' per se (that is, without the qualifying 'a perfect...') sounds too clinical - doesn't it ?// Good idea, Helen :-) [KudoZ is all about teamwork, nicht wahr ?]
agree hazmatgerman (X) : Agree it sounds nice, but would it be as readily understood as the German term?
1 day 2 hrs
Hmm...you have a point there, hazmatgerman. Thanks :-)
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+9
4 hrs

power napper

"Power naps" is a term that seems to have come in vogue over the last few years and it does sound slightly contradictory (all that power and someone's having a rest..). It isn't quite as brand new as the Etappenpenner term but power naps are short snoozes.

Example sentence:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/men_shealth/3351087/Wake-up-to-shuteye.html

http://www.authentic-change.com/powernap.htm

Peer comment(s):
agree Anne-Marie Grant (X)
59 mins
Thank you, Anne-Marie!
agree Helen Shiner : Mrs Thatcher springs to mind in this context, of course, and this would have fit perfectly in her case - the idea of hitting the ground running after the nap (the stuff of nightmares).
1 hr
Thank you Helen, and I do like the comparison with Margaret Thatcher there.
agree linguamarina
3 hrs
Danke schön, Marina!
agree Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
4 hrs
Danke schön, Harald!
agree franglish : it was lurking somewhere in the back of my mind...
7 hrs
Thank you Franglish, I think that power nap I had triggered it! ;)
agree palilula (X)
8 hrs
Thank you, Petra!
agree Rolf Keiser
8 hrs
Thank you, Goldcoaster!
agree Paul Cohen : Some people are power nappers -- others are simply caffeine-crazed bug-eyed workaholic zombies. Must be a lifestyle thing. Where's my coffee?
11 hrs
Thank you, Paul! I think I'll stick to the coffee... ;)
agree hazmatgerman (X) : Nice and probably readily understood.
1 day 1 hr
Danke schön, HG!
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