Muggeseggele
Sign in to savethumb|Muggeseggele refers to the sex organ of a housefly. Muggeseggele, or Muckenseckel, is a humorous Alemannic German idiom used in Swabia to designate a nonspecific very small length or amount of something; it refers to a housefly's scrotum. It has been called the smallest Swabian unit of measurement and plays a similar role in northern Baden-Württemberg and Franconia.
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Vinony files it under German words and phrases, Insect anatomy and Sexual anatomy.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Cultural importance and particular instances of usage
- {{anchor|English equivalent}}English equivalents
- See also
- References
thumb|Muggeseggele refers to the sex organ of a housefly. Muggeseggele, or Muckenseckel, is a humorous Alemannic German idiom used in Swabia to designate a nonspecific very small length or amount of something; it refers to a housefly's scrotum. It has been called the smallest Swabian unit of measurement and plays a similar role in northern Baden-Württemberg and Franconia.
The term Muggeseggele has an iconic character and is one of the most preferred Swabian idioms. In a 2009 readers' survey by Stuttgarter Nachrichten, the largest newspaper in Stuttgart, Muggeseggele was chosen as "the most beautiful Swabian word" by a large margin.
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