Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses

German

Etymology

Literally, "provocation of public nuisance (or vexation)".

Noun

Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses f (genitive Erregung öffentlichen Ärgernisses, plural Erregungen öffentlichen Ärgernisses)

  1. (law, Germany) the crime of performing sexual acts in public

Usage notes
  • In common usage, public nudity is often included in the term. By law, however, mere nudity is not a crime but at most an Ordnungswidrigkeit (“contravention subject to a civil punishment”).
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