Idiom idiom
German goiter
Meaning
A protruding stomach, especially one supposed to be indicative of excessive consumption of beer.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He developed a German goiter after drinking too much beer.”
“After years of visiting the local pub every night, he found he could no longer hide his growing German goiter.”
“The older gentleman patted his prominent German goiter, a physical testament to decades of enthusiastic indulgence in the local brewery's finest offerings.”
Origin
From German + goiter, from the stereotype that Germans drink a lot of beer, and from the similarity of a protruding stomach to a protruding goiter.
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Last updated August 10, 2026