This week's term was suggested to me by my colleague Jakob Roël. Besserwisser is used in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian to mean exactly the same as the German Besserwisser: a know-it-all (literally, a better-knower). The (Swedish) image illustrates this nicely - the caption reads "I'm not a know-it-all, I just can't help it that I'm always right."
Interestingly, as Jakob also told me, the Swedes sometimes use messerschmitter instead of besserwisser for reasons that completely elude me (it must have something to do with a certain similarity of sounds, I suppose).
The image is from vaggdekor-vaggtext.se.
Interestingly, as Jakob also told me, the Swedes sometimes use messerschmitter instead of besserwisser for reasons that completely elude me (it must have something to do with a certain similarity of sounds, I suppose).
The image is from vaggdekor-vaggtext.se.
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