Halbstarke is a term describing a postwar-period subculture of adolescents – mostly male and of working class parents – that appeared in public in an aggressive and provocative way during the 1950s in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Later, the term sometimes described youths in general. While in German, it is still in use today for young, aggressive, mostly male adolescents, it has mostly fallen out of active usage in English.

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  • Halbstarke is a term describing a postwar-period subculture of adolescents – mostly male and of working class parents – that appeared in public in an aggressive and provocative way during the 1950s in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Later, the term sometimes described youths in general. While in German, it is still in use today for young, aggressive, mostly male adolescents, it has mostly fallen out of active usage in English.
  • Als Halbstarke wurden in den 1950er Jahren in der Öffentlichkeit allein oder in Gruppen aggressiv auftretende - zumeist männliche und aus der Arbeiterklasse stammende - Jugendliche bezeichnet. Später bezeichnete der Begriff auch Jugendliche generell.
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  • Halbstarke is a term describing a postwar-period subculture of adolescents – mostly male and of working class parents – that appeared in public in an aggressive and provocative way during the 1950s in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Later, the term sometimes described youths in general. While in German, it is still in use today for young, aggressive, mostly male adolescents, it has mostly fallen out of active usage in English.
  • Als Halbstarke wurden in den 1950er Jahren in der Öffentlichkeit allein oder in Gruppen aggressiv auftretende - zumeist männliche und aus der Arbeiterklasse stammende - Jugendliche bezeichnet. Später bezeichnete der Begriff auch Jugendliche generell.
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  • Halbstarke
  • Halbstarker
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