mauerbauertraurigkeit

US/ˌmaʊɚbaʊɚˈtɹaʊɹɪɡkaɪt/

noun

An inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends.

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Meanings

nounmauerbauertraurigkeit (uncountable)
  1. neologismrareuncountableAn inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends.

    ‘Briggs!’ I exclaimed, suddenly getting an Mauerbauertraurigkeit urge.

    2020, Stevenson Mukoro, Smells Like Death Sighing, Dartford: Xlibris UK, →ISBN, →OCLC, →ISBN
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    I think the phenomenon is known as mauerbauertraurigkeit, which is an [in]explicable urge to push people away, even close friends who you really like.

    2015, Johnny Close, Eco-Lonely, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 162, →ISBN

    The more I learn The more different I become I begin to to^([sic]) feel mauerbauertraurigkeit On top of adronitis

    2019, Quashon Mayes, Geniuses Don t Belong In The Hood, Lulu.com, →ISBN, →ISBN

Origin

Pseudo-Germanism, derived from Mauer (“wall”) + Bauer (“builder”) + Traurigkeit (“sorrow”). Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows.

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APA

mauerbauertraurigkeit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mauerbauertraurigkeit

MLA

“mauerbauertraurigkeit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mauerbauertraurigkeit. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mauerbauertraurigkeit,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mauerbauertraurigkeit.

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