Gettofaust

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Getto +‎ Faust, likely due to being initially associated with lower-income urban communities in popular consciousness (compare English ghetto blaster).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Gettofaust f (genitive Gettofaust, plural Gettofäuste)

  1. (colloquial) fist bump [from 2000s]
    Synonyms: Fistbump, Faustgruß
    • 2006, “Wasser pur: Mannschaftsausflug der Männer nach Haiming”, in Auszeit: Handball-Info Saison 2006/2007‎[1], Handballabteilung der Sportgemeinde Bettringen, archived from the original on 3 December 2024, page 40:
      Am Ziel angekommen begoss man die tolle Fahrt mit einem Team-Schnaps und der dazugehörigen »Ghettofaust«.
      Having arrived at the destination, the wonderful trip was celebrated with a team liquor and the fist bump that has to go along with it.
    • [2011 January 14, Helmut Buchholz, “Pommesgabel und Ghettofaust”, in Heilbronner Stimme‎[2], archived from the original on 15 November 2025:
      Was geht? Der Faustcheck heißt bei Melisa […] "Ghettofaust". Dient aber ebenso der Begrüßung.
      What's up? "Ghetto fist" is what Melisa […] calls a fist bump. Serves as a greeting just the same, though.]
    • 2015 September 16, Oliver Polak, “Wasch dich, du dreckiger Typ!”, in Die Welt‎[3], archived from the original on 14 November 2025:
      Ein Schornsteinfeger schiebt sein Fahrrad an mir vorbei, ich würde ihn so gern anfassen. Ich kann nicht. Vielleicht Gettofaust, einem Schornsteinfeger Gettofaust geben. Nee, Mann.
      A chimney sweep comes by pushing his bike, I'd really love to touch him. I can't. Maybe fist bump, giving a chimney sweep a fist bump. Naw, man.
    • 2017, Bastian Bielendorfer, Papa ruft an: Standleitung zum Lehrerkind‎[4], Piper, →ISBN:
      Als sie ihn abholen, macht Ludger zum Abschied die Gettofaust. Seine Mutter schaut irritiert. »Macht man bei Proleten so«, sagt er und steigt ins Auto.
      When they pick him up, Ludger does a fist bump as a goodbye. His mother watches, confused. "That's how the proles do it", he says and climbs into the car.

Declension

Declension of Gettofaust [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Gettofaust die Gettofäuste
genitive einer der Gettofaust der Gettofäuste
dative einer der Gettofaust den Gettofäusten
accusative eine die Gettofaust die Gettofäuste

Further reading

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