Saubermann

sauber (“clean”) +‎ Mann (“man”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈzaʊ̯bɐˌman]

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• Hyphenation: Sau‧ber‧mann

Saubermann m (strong, genitive Saubermannes or Saubermanns, plural Saubermänner, feminine Sauberfrau)

1. (humorous, chiefly politics) "Mr. Clean" (Someone with a squeaky clean image or who cares about public morality.)
   • 2004, Der Spiegel‎^[1], number 48/2004, page 18:

     Der selbst ernannte Saubermann des Europa-Parlaments […] ist selbst ins Visier der Betrugsermittler der EU geraten.

     The self-declared "Mr. Clean" of the European Parliament […] has himself become a target of the fraud investigators of the EU.

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• “Saubermann” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Saubermann” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Saubermann” in Duden online
•   Saubermann on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de