# das Schlafittchen

das Schlafittchen is a German noun meaning “something on someone’s back by which they are grabbed in order to push or pull them: the collar, the hem of the jacket, the scruff of the neck”. Forms: des Schlafittchens, die Schlafittchen.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Schlafittchens
- Plural: die Schlafittchen

## In other languages

- Русский: разг. j-n beim ~ kriegen — взять кого-л. за шиворот, поймать, схватить кого-л.

## Meanings

1. _colloquial_ something on someone’s back by which they are grabbed in order to push or pull them: the collar, the hem of the jacket, the scruff of the neck
   - Er packte den Betrunkenen am Schlafittchen und warf ihn raus. — He grabbed the drunk man by his collar / by the scruff of his neck and threw him out.

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