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Pimpfe
is a German nickname for a boy before his voice changes. It is a colloquial word from Upper German meaning , , , or (originally , as opposed to a , the adult variant). It has the same etymology as and . In Nazi Germany, was a term referring to a member of the , the junior section of the Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany, for boys ten to fourteen. They were taught to be loyal to Hitler and the regime. Membership in the Hitler Youth was highly encouraged and incentivised during the mid-to-late 1930s and compulsory from 1939. The term is no longer commonly used.
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is a German nickname for a boy before his voice changes. It is a colloquial word from Upper German meaning , , , or (originally , as opposed to a , the adult variant). It has the same etymology as and . In Nazi Germany, was a term referring to a member of the , the junior section of the Hitler Youth in Nazi Germany, for boys ten to fourteen. They were taught to be loyal to Hitler and the regime. Membership in the Hitler Youth was highly encouraged and incentivised during the mid-to-late 1930s and compulsory from 1939. The term is no longer commonly used.
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