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hipster
A person who belongs to a modern urban subculture and wants to stand out from the mainstream through a deliberately nonconformist, individual style in fashion, music, and lifestyle tastes.
Mit seinem Vollbart, der Hornbrille und dem Jutebeutel sieht er aus wie ein typischer Hipster aus Berlin-Neukölln.
With his full beard, horn-rimmed glasses, and tote bag, he looks like a typical hipster from Berlin-Neukölln.
'Der Hipster' is a modern loanword from English. In German, it is used with the same meaning for a particular urban subculture.
Der Begriff „Hipster“ wurde in den frühen 2000er Jahren populär.
The term 'Hipster' became popular in the early 2000s.
The word is strongly associated with certain clichés. These often include a particular fashion style, for example skinny jeans and horn-rimmed glasses, an interest in niche culture, and spending time in trendy urban neighborhoods.
Er trinkt seinen Kaffee nur aus einer kleinen Rösterei, ein echter Hipster eben.
He only drinks coffee from a small roastery—a real hipster, basically.
The term is used in everyday language and in the media. It can be neutrally descriptive, but it is also often used with a slightly ironic or critical connotation.
Sie nannte ihn liebevoll einen Hipster, weil er nur Indie-Musik hörte.
She affectionately called him a hipster because he only listened to indie music.
indie
'Indie' and 'Hipster' can both have to do with alternative culture, music, and a distinctive style. 'Indie' first refers to independent music, films, or art; colloquially, it can also mean a person from this scene. 'Hipster', by contrast, always means a person who deliberately presents themselves as individual and different from the mainstream. The words can be confused because the scenes and styles overlap. When it is about art or music, 'Indie' fits better; when you mean a person with an urban style, 'Hipster' is more precise.
Der Hipster im Plattenladen sucht gezielt nach Musik, die kaum jemand kennt.
The hipster in the record store is deliberately looking for music that hardly anyone knows.
Auf dem kleinen Festival läuft heute vor allem Indie von jungen Bands.
At the small festival, they are playing mainly indie by young bands today.