# der Popanz

der Popanz is a German noun meaning “Bragger”. Forms: des Popanzes, die Popanze.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Popanzes
- Plural: die Popanze

## Meanings

1. A bogeyman, bugbear, often something not to be taken too seriously, such as an apparition, funny figure, straw doll, or scarecrow.
   - Ich bin zum Beispiel durchaus kein Popanz, kein Moral-Ungeheuer, – ich bin sogar eine Gegensatz-Natur zu der Art Mensch, die man bisher als tugendhaft verehrt hat.
2. A being without will.
3. A person that is scared of others.
4. Bragger, fool

## Related words

- Synonym: Wichtigtuer, Schnösel, Angeber, Geck, Fatzke

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