Die hard (phrase)

As eternal yesterday or, as an adjective, forever yesterday's ( derogatory ) a person is called who cling to their old political opinions and recognizes no progress or recognizes. The Duden defines a die-hard people as " someone who is backward in his views and remains. " The corresponding noun is Ewiggestrigkeit.

Accordingly, the term is often used pejoratively as a political slogan. In the early 1930s, for example, the members of the National Socialist fellowships denounced the traditional fraternities as "reactionary ," " narrow-minded " and " eternal yesterday's ."

Word origin

The term comes from Friedrich Schiller's tragedy Wallenstein's Death: The commander is reluctant to carry out the waste from the Emperor, because he recognizes:

" An invisible enemy is he, I fear, The in the human breast resists me, Through craven fear alone me terribly. Not what alive, powerful preached to Is that dangerous terrible. The whole Common is it that forever Yesterday, What has always been and always returns And tomorrow is because today 's has been subject! "