Merkel-Raute

As Merkel hash ( rarely Merkelizer ) is a posture of arms and hands called, in which the hands are held with the inner surface so before the stomach that the thumb and index fingers touching at the tips and describe the shape of a diamond. Named is the gesture after German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in this form of hand posture has become a characteristic attitude. Various media said they were "one of the most famous hand gestures of the world".

Reception

The Merkel - diamond -founded a discussion about non-verbal communication, triggering a variety of publicly expressed speculation about the significance of this gesture. In addition, the gesture to a campaign issue, especially on the admissibility and limits of election propaganda was.

The CDU strategists used the Merkel - diamond as part of a personalization strategy for the parliamentary elections in 2013 and formed them on a 70 by 20 meter giant poster in Berlin. This, in turn moving network activists to satirize the poster. Marketing experts rated the discourse as an Internet phenomenon.

The British business magazine The Economist interpreted the Merkel - diamond in allusion to Tolkien's Lord of the Rings as magical and dangerous ring: " One ring to rule them all ". "In the diamond is strength " was the headline on the front page the world, pointing out that the diamond as a message stand for themselves, for peace and strength of a Chancellor. It needed no further text.

At the Madame Tussauds wax figure of Angela Merkel in 2013 was supplemented at a renovation to the characteristic Merkel diamond.

Interpretations

" The Merkel - diamond to express prudence and the ability to bring together the things " analyzed the world in an article. Merkel is said to have merely said to her hand attitude: " It has a certain symmetry. " By 2012, they declared that the diamond will help you to keep your back straight.

Silke Burmester interpreted the Merkel - diamond as a sign that Merkel - a scientist and no expression dancer was - the energy that used other gag or lowering worthy of their political opponents, flowing through her body leave by closing a circuit inside.

Body language researchers spoke of the " Merkel - roof". This is a symbol of bridges and neighborhood.

Dissemination

The Merkel - diamond was picked up by various individuals and readjusted. So, for example, copied Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Guido Westerwelle and Gordon Brown's gesture. The website has been created with representations of the Merkel - diamond and montages, the Tagesspiegel handle this development as the theme and urged his readers to also submit montages.