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der Grobian (-e)
   brute, lout, boor

Er leitete den Aufsichtsrat und galt als „schlauer Grobian“.
He headed the board of directors and was considered a “shrewd lout.”
Er wusste es vielleicht gar nicht, dass er eigentlich ein perfekter Grobian war. (aus „Ein Greenhorn“ (Teil II) in Winnetou I von Karl May)
He probably didn’t know that he was actually a perfect brute. (from “A Greenhorn” (Part II) in Winnetou I by Karl May)
Grobianisch und zärtlich zugleich – das sind auch wesentliche Charakterzüge des Dichters Peter Handke.
Boorish and sensitive at the same time. Those are also essential characteristics of the [Austrian] author Peter Handke.

Related:
grob (adj/adv) coarse, rough, gross
die Grobheit coarseness, rudeness
grobianisch boorish
der Lümmel lout, rascal
der Raufbold ruffian

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