# der Turnbeutelvergesser

der Turnbeutelvergesser is a German noun meaning “a schoolchild who pretends to have forgotten their sports bag in order to avoid participating in physical education”. Forms: des Turnbeutelvergessers, die Turnbeutelvergesser.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Turnbeutelvergessers
- Plural: die Turnbeutelvergesser

## Meanings

1. _Northern-Germany · colloquial_ a schoolchild who pretends to have forgotten their sports bag in order to avoid participating in physical education
   - Bis zur zehnten Klasse hatte ich immer Sportlehrer, die vom Typ her Unteroffiziere waren. Da habe ich mich verweigert und war in diesen Jahren eher der klassische Turnbeutelvergesser. — Until the tenth grade, I always had physical education teachers who acted like non-commissioned officers. So I refused and was more of a classic P.E. refusenik during those years.

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