# Is it "schwanzstucker" or "schwanzschtupper"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958 "2020-12-13T16:32:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/1 "2020-12-13T16:32:46Z")
Considering that you use your schwanz to schtupp, I think the latter is more appropriate but Google seems to disagree. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/2 "2020-12-13T16:35:51Z")
Teri disagrees with you. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-SClmiso_2Y/hqdefault.jpg "Enormous Schwanzstucker") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SClmiso_2Y) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/3 "2020-12-13T16:36:34Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QuHw5ivCs1A/hqdefault.jpg "Young Frakenstein SCHWANZSTUCKER!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuHw5ivCs1A) I consider that definitive. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/4 "2020-12-13T18:49:36Z")
I always thought it was a botch of “zahnstocher,” or toothpick. He’d have an enormous toothpick. That goes without saying. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/5 "2020-12-13T19:09:46Z")
And I took it for granted that “stucker” was a cognate of “stick” (in its verb sense, like “stick it to them”). ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/6 "2020-12-13T19:18:51Z")
I always thought she said “Schwanzstück”, which is actually sirloin, but since “Schwanz” is colloquial for penis and “Stück” means thing, it seemed to make sense to my teenage brain. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/7 "2020-12-13T19:33:07Z")
She clearly says _schwanzestucker_ (or _schwanzstucke_) rather than _schwanzschtupper_. It’s made-up German, and this being a Mel Brooks movie it is obviously meant to be obscene. The meaning of the first is more-or-less “dick-piece” or “dick-thing.” The second would mean “dick-fucker,” that is, someone who fucks dicks, so doesn’t make much sense. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/8 "2020-12-13T19:50:29Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s made-up German, and this being a Mel Brooks movie it is obviously meant to be obscene. And Mel made it very obvious _what_ was being referenced with Teri’s “Oof” and Igor’s “He’s going to be very popular” comments. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/9 "2020-12-13T20:10:13Z")
And Madeline Kahn, as Frederick’s fiancee Elizabeth, gets to experience the schwanzstucker when she is a carried off by the monster. In _Blazing Saddles_, Kahn played femme fatale Lili von Shtüpp. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/10 "2020-12-13T20:13:33Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > It’s made-up German, and this being a Mel Brooks movie it is obviously meant to be obscene. Schwanz means ‘tail’. Stück (pl. Stücke) means ‘piece’. So literally, Schwanzstücker means ‘tail-piece’. But since it’s a made-up word, probably flavoured with Yiddish, I suspect Brooks intended it to mean ‘tail sticker’. (I think a closer word for ‘stick’ might be stoß, ‘to push’.) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/11 "2020-12-13T20:26:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Schwanz means ‘tail’. Not in this context. [The slang meaning of _schwanz_ in German is “dick” or “cock.”](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/german-english/schwanz) In Yiddish, it’s _schvantz_. The word, as I said, would mean something like “dick-thingie.” You’re really over-thinking this. The intended meaning in German is pretty obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/12 "2020-12-13T21:06:23Z")
‘Tail’ is slang for ‘ass’ and ‘vagina’. So ‘vagina sticker’ makes sense, and I don’t think I’m overthinking it. But I’m not Jewish, and Mel Brooks is. I’ll defer to your definition. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/13 "2020-12-13T21:12:46Z")
Beyond that, Brooks was not noted for subtilty. The most obvious interpretation is almost certainly the one he meant. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/14 "2020-12-13T21:15:55Z")
Woof. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/15 "2020-12-13T21:28:44Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ‘Tail’ is slang for ‘ass’ and ‘vagina’. In English, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/16 "2020-12-13T21:33:10Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > In English, yes. Right. _Schwanz_ is _not_ slang for “ass” or “vagina” in German. Just because its literal meaning is tail, doesn’t mean it has the same slang meanings as English does for that word. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/17 "2020-12-13T22:05:04Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Woof. Possibly her funniest line in the film ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/18 "2020-12-13T22:37:38Z")
I believe the penis is a “tail” in that it’s long and cylindrical. In other words, it mimics the form of a true tail. Did Mel Brooks make up “Schwanzstuck”? I’ve always assumed it is indeed a Yiddish word. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/19 "2020-12-13T22:48:05Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I believe the penis is a “tail” in that it’s long and cylindrical. In other words, it mimics the form of a true tail. I don’t understand your point. Yes, a penis “mimics the form” of a tail. It also mimics the form of a finger, a pencil, a telephone pole, a rocket, an asparagus stalk, a drumstick, a banana, and probably several thousand other objects. That’s irrelevant to whether any of these terms actually mean “penis” in any particular language. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958/20 "2020-12-13T23:03:49Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Did Mel Brooks make up “Schwanzstuck”? I’ve always assumed it is indeed a Yiddish word. As far as I can tell from Googling, it was made up for the movie. As mentioned above, the Yiddish form of _schwanz_ is [_shvantz_.](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shvantz) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-schwanzstucker-or-schwanzschtupper/927958.md?page=2)