# der Popel

der Popel is a German noun meaning “booger”. Forms: des Popels, die Popel.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Popels
- Plural: die Popel

## In other languages

- Русский: козю́ля, козя́вка

## Noun

1. booger, boogers, bogey (piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril)
2. hickey (printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface)

## Noun

1. a pitiable or insignificant person (usually male)
2. _archaic_ one of the common people, proletarian, member of the working (or lower middle) class

## Examples

- Du hast da ’n Popel im Haar! — You've got snot in your hair.

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