Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "A Männergarten is a temporary day-care and activities space for men in German-speaking countries while their wives or girlfriends go shopping. The word is a compound literally meaning \"men's garden\", formed by analogy to kindergarten.Historically, the expression has also been used for gender-specific sections in lunatic asylums, monasteries and clinics.While a \"husband chair\" is the informal English expression for smaller waiting areas for men in women's clothing shops, Germans ironically call it Männerparkplatz (men's parking space), meaning \"a place where men can be parked\". The similar sounding men's parking space in Triberg is however a marketing gag in a parking garage, where bays difficult to reach are dedicated for real men."@en }
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- Männergarten abstract "A Männergarten is a temporary day-care and activities space for men in German-speaking countries while their wives or girlfriends go shopping. The word is a compound literally meaning \"men's garden\", formed by analogy to kindergarten.Historically, the expression has also been used for gender-specific sections in lunatic asylums, monasteries and clinics.While a \"husband chair\" is the informal English expression for smaller waiting areas for men in women's clothing shops, Germans ironically call it Männerparkplatz (men's parking space), meaning \"a place where men can be parked\". The similar sounding men's parking space in Triberg is however a marketing gag in a parking garage, where bays difficult to reach are dedicated for real men.".