# die eierlegende Wollmilchsau

die eierlegende Wollmilchsau is a German noun meaning “an all-in-one device or person which has (or claims to have) only positive attributes and which can (or attempts to) do the work of several specialized tools”. Forms: der eierlegender Wollmilchsau, die eierlegende Wollmilchsäue.

## Forms

- Genitive: der eierlegender Wollmilchsau
- Plural: die eierlegende Wollmilchsäue

## Meanings

1. _colloquial · derogatory_ an all-in-one device or person which has (or claims to have) only positive attributes and which can (or attempts to) do the work of several specialized tools
   - Die eierlegende Wollmilchsau (der Bewerber, der alles kann und keine Schwächen hat) lebt – in den Köpfen von Job-Entscheidern und in den Köpfen von Arbeitsplatzsuchenden. — The egg-laying wooly milk-pig (the applicant who can do everything and has no weaknesses) exists - in the heads of hiring managers and in the heads of those seeking jobs.

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