Klugscheißer

know-it-all, smart-arse (derogatory but everyday colloquial)

Origin

Crude colloquial German, derogatory, for someone who comments on everything unasked in a know-it-all way and thinks they know everything better. A nominalisation of the 'klugscheißen', formed from 'klug' (clever) and the vulgar 'scheißen' (to crap). Register: casual to crude.

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Examples

  • Niemand mag deinen , du .

    Nobody wants your two cents, you smart-arse.