# die Pausbacke

die Pausbacke is a German noun meaning “chubby facial cheek with a red/reddish complexion (especially of a child)”. Forms: der Pausbacke, die Pausbacken.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Pausbacke
- Plural: die Pausbacken

## Meanings

1. _colloquial_ chubby facial cheek with a red/reddish complexion (especially of a child)
   - Translation: 1944, Thomas Mann: Joseph and His Brothers. Volume 2: The Young Joseph, A. A. Knopf, New York, p. 62 (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 6, 2015): „Meine Pausbacken sind ebenfalls zart und weich“, bemerkte Benjamin und befühlte mit beiden Handflächen seine Wangen. — “My chubby cheeks are soft and tender too,” Benjamin remarked, and felt his cheeks with both his little palms.

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