{"id":12044,"date":"2020-09-23T23:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T23:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=12044"},"modified":"2020-09-23T14:26:49","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T14:26:49","slug":"the-german-wackeldackel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-german-wackeldackel\/","title":{"rendered":"The German Wackeldackel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guten Tag! Today we\u2019re going to look at a toy called the Wackeldackel that you may have seen \u2013 you may even have one yourself!<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a Wackeldackel?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Wackeldackel<\/strong> is the nodding head dog you see in cars. Their heads are on a spring so that each time the car moves quickly or goes over a<strong> Bremsschwelle<\/strong>\u00a0(speed bump), their heads bob up and down and side to side. In English these are often called \u2018bobbleheads\u2019. The original &#8216;Wackeldackel&#8217; dates back to the 1970s, when it was created as an accessory for German cars. The Wackeldackel then made a comeback in the late 1990s, when it was featured in this German <strong>Werbung<\/strong> (advert) for Aral \u2013 a German <b>Benzin <\/b>(petrol\/gas) and <strong>Tankstelle<\/strong> (petrol station) brand:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aral Werbung (1998)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XPMZL_h4rWM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The breakdown of the word:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Wackel comes from the verb<strong> wackeln<\/strong> \u2013 to wiggle\/waggle\/shake. <strong>Dackel<\/strong> is the type of dog, otherwise known as the Dachshund. Worth noting: These kinds of dogs are also sometimes called <strong>Teckel<\/strong>, as this is what hunters call them.<\/p>\n<p>Dachshunds or Dackel are regarded as a symbol of Germany. You can read more about them in Larissa\u2019s post <a title=\"The History of the Dachshund\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-history-of-the-dachshund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12046\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12046\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12046\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/dachshund-1519374_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/dachshund-1519374_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/dachshund-1519374_640-350x265.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12046\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dachshund\/Dackel. Image via Pixabay.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Alternative use<br \/>\n<\/strong>The word Wackeldackel is also a colloquial term used to describe people who always agree, nod their heads, and generally do as they\u2019re told without ever questioning anything. If used in this way, it\u2019s usually a bit of an insult. Here is an example I found:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cWir Frauen wollen keine Wackel-Dackel, die stets ja sagen.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cWe women don\u2019t want \u2018Wackel-Dackels\u2019 who always say \u2018yes\u2019.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, this article compares being a \u2018Wackeldackel\u2019 with the inability to ever say no:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cLeiden Sie auch am \u2018Wackeldackel-Syndrom\u2019? Ein \u2018NEIN\u2019 kann sehr entspannen!\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cDo you also suffer from \u2018Wackeldackel syndrome\u2019? A \u2018NO\u2019 can be a huge relief!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Now you know two meanings for the Wackeldackel:<\/p>\n<p>1. A nodding dog car accessory<br \/>\n2. A person who can\u2019t say no\/has no backbone<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12047\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12047\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12047\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/citroen-3459199_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/citroen-3459199_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/citroen-3459199_640-350x222.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nowadays the nodding dogs are not exclusively Dackel, but other breeds, too! Image via Pixabay.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"222\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/citroen-3459199_640-350x222.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/citroen-3459199_640-350x222.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/09\/citroen-3459199_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Guten Tag! Today we\u2019re going to look at a toy called the Wackeldackel that you may have seen \u2013 you may even have one yourself! What is a Wackeldackel?! The Wackeldackel is the nodding head dog you see in cars. Their heads are on a spring so that each time the car moves quickly or&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-german-wackeldackel\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":12047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[533797,33064,1992,376022,376066,95131,376023,162,533796],"class_list":["post-12044","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-language","tag-aral","tag-auto","tag-cars","tag-culture","tag-german-culture","tag-german-language","tag-language","tag-tv","tag-wackeldackel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12044"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12053,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044\/revisions\/12053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}