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Etappenpenner

English translation: snooze hopper

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German term or phrase:Etappenpenner
English translation:snooze hopper
Entered by: franglish

03:37 Apr 5, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Slang
German term or phrase: Etappenpenner
This is a term coined by German friends of mine - it refers to people (like me) who sleep for, say, four hours, work for a while, take a nap again, work for a while, and so on.

This question is not related to any translation job, I am wondering if there is any English equivalent to this recently created, hilarious term.

I am looking forward to any creative suggestions!

TIA! :-)))
Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 06:14
snooze hopper
Explanation:
too cute?
Selected response from:

franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 15:14
Grading comment
Thanks so much for your excellent suggestions! The snooze hopper did the trick. I would love to see this term added to Webster's Dictionary sometimes soon.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +9power napper
Steve Thomasson
4 +2cat napper
David Williams
3 +2A perfect polyphasic sleeper
casper (X)
2snooze hopper
franglish
1sleep-doer
Stephen Sadie


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
sleep-doer


Explanation:
pure guesswork

Stephen Sadie
Germany
Local time: 15:14
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Williams: Sounds rather "creative"
1 hr
  -> it is a recently created term nicole is looking for!
neutral  Paul Cohen: Sounds like a sleepwalker to me.
14 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
cat napper


Explanation:
My mum works like this too, taking more or less regular naps.

Cat nap Also found in: Medical, Wikipedia: a very short sleep.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Cat nap

SIESTA (redirected from Cat nap) : Cardiology A clinical trial–Snooze-Induced Excitation of Sympathetic Triggered Activity
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Cat nap

Example sentence(s):
  • have a cat nap (general) (Idiom) ein Nickerchen machen

    Reference: http://www.woxikon.de/deutsch-englisch/have%20a%20cat%20nap....
David Williams
Germany
Local time: 15:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne-Marie Grant (X)
2 hrs
agree  Helen Shiner: Also good
3 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
A perfect polyphasic sleeper


Explanation:
The 'perfect' part is added with tongue in cheek, of course ;-)

casper (X)
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Shiner: Cat napper and power napper are not particularly humourful, but 'polyphasic sleeper' could well be used in that way - excellent, casper!/How about 'polyphasic napper' which would sum it up perfectly!/ Genau!
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, Helen. I would've thought that 'polyphasic sleeper' per se (that is, without the qualifying 'a perfect...') sounds too clinical - doesn't it ?// Good idea, Helen :-) [KudoZ is all about teamwork, nicht wahr ?]
agree  hazmatgerman (X): Agree it sounds nice, but would it be as readily understood as the German term?
1 day 2 hrs
  -> Hmm...you have a point there, hazmatgerman. Thanks :-)
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
snooze hopper


Explanation:
too cute?

franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 15:14
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks so much for your excellent suggestions! The snooze hopper did the trick. I would love to see this term added to Webster's Dictionary sometimes soon.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +9
power napper


Explanation:
"Power naps" is a term that seems to have come in vogue over the last few years and it does sound slightly contradictory (all that power and someone's having a rest..). It isn't quite as brand new as the Etappenpenner term but power naps are short snoozes.



Example sentence(s):
  • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/men_shealth/3351087/Wake-up-to-shuteye.html
  • http://www.authentic-change.com/powernap.htm
Steve Thomasson
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anne-Marie Grant (X)
59 mins
  -> Thank you, Anne-Marie!
agree  Helen Shiner: Mrs Thatcher springs to mind in this context, of course, and this would have fit perfectly in her case - the idea of hitting the ground running after the nap (the stuff of nightmares).
1 hr
  -> Thank you Helen, and I do like the comparison with Margaret Thatcher there.
agree  linguamarina
3 hrs
  -> Danke schön, Marina!
agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
4 hrs
  -> Danke schön, Harald!
agree  franglish: it was lurking somewhere in the back of my mind...
7 hrs
  -> Thank you Franglish, I think that power nap I had triggered it! ;)
agree  palilula (X)
8 hrs
  -> Thank you, Petra!
agree  Rolf Keiser
8 hrs
  -> Thank you, Goldcoaster!
agree  Paul Cohen: Some people are power nappers -- others are simply caffeine-crazed bug-eyed workaholic zombies. Must be a lifestyle thing. Where's my coffee?
11 hrs
  -> Thank you, Paul! I think I'll stick to the coffee... ;)
agree  hazmatgerman (X): Nice and probably readily understood.
1 day 1 hr
  -> Danke schön, HG!
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