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gazongagizmo t1_iyc12nj wrote on November 30, 2022 at 7:16 AM

In North-West Germany "Hegel" has become a slang insult, used sarcastically and non-maliciously.

"Was für ein Hegel!" (or in dialect, "Watt'n Hegel!") is said about someone to call them a sort of buffoon. "What a Hegel you are."