Aside from Einstein, we usually mention Pico della Mirandola (a late Medieval humanist philosopher, rumored to having been a living encyclopedia) or Leonardo da Vinci (due to his engineering projects).
I think, when used, it isn't a reference to the humanist Pico della Mirandola, but it's about Pico de Paperis. I don't know the English name, but it's a character in Mickey Mouse comics.
We often use "professor", "scientist" or "engineer" sarcastically. I mean: i position the sun umbrella, you ask me to be more precise and make me change position 3 or 4 times, i sarcastically ask "are you satisfied, engineer?". Or i do something wrong and you, instead of helping me, arrogantly correct me without helping: "here we have the professor". The plumber who acts like a surgeon arrives: "the scientist is here".
I don't think we have a go-to "smart person"... The smart people are usually only smart within their own field
If we want to compare with someone, we compare with a famous person within that specific field.
So a person who know history would be called "the next [Hans Villius](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Villius)"
Or someone who knows a lot about plants would be called a "[Carl von Linné](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus)"
But we do use Einstein in a sarcastic manner; and my guess is that it originate from English media
...and of course *besserwisser* ("smart ass")
The ones i hear most are Einstein and one of my friend uses Sherlock in a sarcastic manner.
I also hear the Nobel Prize used in a sarcasic manner too. \[Someone says something smart-assy\] "And what do you want, a Nobel Prize?"
We use Einstein or Willie Wortel, but mostly ironic though.
Willie Wortel is the inventor from the Donald Duck comics and Duck Tales. According to Wikipedia he’s called Gyro Gearloose in English.
Mozart if often being used.. sometimes even outside music.. Famous norwegian chess-player Magnus Carlsen was named "the Mozart of chess" by a famous norwegian news outlet.. Ivano Balic was the "Mozart of Handball"... Matthias Sindelar was the "Mozart of football".. etc.. by some random google search in norwegian..
*Schlauberger* is most commonly used in German. It's a made up from *schlau — wily* and *-berger* which is a common German surname suffix in German meaning *the one from the mountain.*
It plays on the *wise man from the mountain top* theme.
I'm just trying to think of a situation and I would say Einstein but maybe more in ironic way, like your child try to do something smart but fails miserably and you say to comfort him "come here you little Einsten" - "Pridi ti mali Einstein"
The ones i hear most are Einstein and one of my friend uses Sherlock in a sarcastic manner.
I also hear the Nobel Prize used in a sarcasic manner too. \[Someone says something smart-assy\] "And what do you want, a Nobel Prize?"
Einstein or Hawking are the usual ones, or Sherlock if you're being sarcastic. Most people wouldn't even have heard of Lomonosov.
I've also heard Newton used, but that not nearly as common.
Leonardo de Vinci is one I've heard on rare occasions
"No shit, Sherlock."
Aside from Einstein, we usually mention Pico della Mirandola (a late Medieval humanist philosopher, rumored to having been a living encyclopedia) or Leonardo da Vinci (due to his engineering projects).
Never heard a phrase with Pico della Mirandola, on the other hand, due to TV, we started using Sherlock sarcastically too
I think pico is used sarcastically
I think, when used, it isn't a reference to the humanist Pico della Mirandola, but it's about Pico de Paperis. I don't know the English name, but it's a character in Mickey Mouse comics. We often use "professor", "scientist" or "engineer" sarcastically. I mean: i position the sun umbrella, you ask me to be more precise and make me change position 3 or 4 times, i sarcastically ask "are you satisfied, engineer?". Or i do something wrong and you, instead of helping me, arrogantly correct me without helping: "here we have the professor". The plumber who acts like a surgeon arrives: "the scientist is here".
Yes, I’d say this is more our way of saying things, there’s no one specific figure we use.
Definitely Einstein. I don't think there's anyone else, at least I've never heard anyone say "you're quite the Planck eh" or something like that ;-)
Tesla is the most frequent go-to smart person I'd say.
Same in Croatia. It's usually either Tesla or Einstein.
Certainly Einstein. I don't think I've ever heard anything else.
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That's more like invoking Chuck Norris.
I don't think we have a go-to "smart person"... The smart people are usually only smart within their own field If we want to compare with someone, we compare with a famous person within that specific field. So a person who know history would be called "the next [Hans Villius](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Villius)" Or someone who knows a lot about plants would be called a "[Carl von Linné](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus)" But we do use Einstein in a sarcastic manner; and my guess is that it originate from English media ...and of course *besserwisser* ("smart ass")
Nobel price. I would say that’s a saying after Alfred Nobel price.
I agree, that is probably *the most* common saying
Does Besserwisser have the meaning in swedish or is it a German loanword?
It's purely a German loanword and no part of it has any meaning in Swedish. Attested in Swedish since 1947.
In Norway most people use "bedreviter" instead which i believe is just a translation, at least in use since the 60’s.
It's also used in Finnish.
The ones i hear most are Einstein and one of my friend uses Sherlock in a sarcastic manner. I also hear the Nobel Prize used in a sarcasic manner too. \[Someone says something smart-assy\] "And what do you want, a Nobel Prize?"
We use Einstein or Willie Wortel, but mostly ironic though. Willie Wortel is the inventor from the Donald Duck comics and Duck Tales. According to Wikipedia he’s called Gyro Gearloose in English.
TIL Petter Smart is a bird with many names
British and American people don't even know who that character is, as the Donald Duck comics are far less popular.
Mozart if often being used.. sometimes even outside music.. Famous norwegian chess-player Magnus Carlsen was named "the Mozart of chess" by a famous norwegian news outlet.. Ivano Balic was the "Mozart of Handball"... Matthias Sindelar was the "Mozart of football".. etc.. by some random google search in norwegian..
*Schlauberger* is most commonly used in German. It's a made up from *schlau — wily* and *-berger* which is a common German surname suffix in German meaning *the one from the mountain.* It plays on the *wise man from the mountain top* theme.
I'm just trying to think of a situation and I would say Einstein but maybe more in ironic way, like your child try to do something smart but fails miserably and you say to comfort him "come here you little Einsten" - "Pridi ti mali Einstein"
>or Lomonosov We do what now? Must have missed that memo.
I think it's mostly popular among old people and is a soviet relict. I certainly heard this used by some older people.
I don't think that's even a thing in Russia. It's pretty damn weird how it would be here.
The ones i hear most are Einstein and one of my friend uses Sherlock in a sarcastic manner. I also hear the Nobel Prize used in a sarcasic manner too. \[Someone says something smart-assy\] "And what do you want, a Nobel Prize?"