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    Allerweltswort/-name

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    Allerweltswort/-name

    [coll.]
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    Engl. "to put" wäre z. B. ein Allerweltswort, weil es tausende verschiedene Bedeutungen hat. Oder auch actually/eigentlich, weil diese Wörter oft garkeine richtige Bedeutung haben, sondern nur zum Ausstaffieren im Satz stehen.

    Maier ist ein Allerweltsname, oder Smith oder Jones, weil es ihn zigfach gibt.
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    Is there an equivalent in every-day English?
    Author Angus (395412) 15 Apr 09, 18:45
    Suggestioncommon place name
    #1Author Helmi (U.S.) (236620) 15 Apr 09, 18:51
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    Does that apply to the word too, as in "common place word"?
    #2Author Angus (395412) 15 Apr 09, 18:54
    SuggestionYep.
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    common place word or common place term as in "Worthülse." :-)))
    #3Author Helmi (U.S.) (236620) 15 Apr 09, 18:57
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    Thanks very much - I added it there: related discussion: commonplace - allerwelts-
    #4Author Angus (395412) 15 Apr 09, 19:08
    Suggestionall purpose word
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    I think "all purpose" works better here than commonplace for a word that has a great number of meanings. Commonplace simply means common, commonly seen, and is sometimes used to mean ordinary, or unremarkable.

    So, "commonplace," or more common, "common name" for Allerweltsname

    #5Authorgeezer19 Jul 09, 04:02
     
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