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what is the meaning of "propper angezogen"?
Hi Anne,
it's a spelling variation of "proper", meaning something like "acceptable", with a connotation of "bourgeois". A child that is "propper angezogen" would be very clean and tidy and somewhat traditionally dressed, maybe not quite in a sailor's suit but certainly not in a T-shirt with cartoon characters on it.
Hope this helps,
Cornelia
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Cornelia Neumann
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I can answer questions regarding grammar and style, as well as many questions about German culture, history, and literature.
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I am native speaker with a German degree in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and German. I lived and worked in the USA for seven years (taught high school and all college levels) and spent three years as a high school teacher of German and EFL at an international school in Mexico. In 2006 I returned to Germany, where I am currently working as a teacher in Hamburg.
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