I ve appeanded a rather stiff translation of the German article below for your perusal Frankly it reads as basically a series of dicdefs and I can t see that it will be of much use in constructing an article here I m sure that you can confect something much better out of your own consciousness and reliable sources of course A Stehaufm nnchen is an object usually in the form of a human figure with as a rule a rounded bottom having a very low center of gravity Any change in position of a Stehaufm nnchen results in a raising of the center of gravity so that gravity causes the Stehaufm nnchen to right itself The Stehaufm nnchen has a hemispherical bottom so the center of gravity must lie below the center of the sphere A type of ship e g yachts is similarly constructed with a very low center of gravity whereby in heavy seas it can return to its heel of its own accord and not capsize In colloquial speech the term Stehaufm nnchen is applied to people who do not let themselves be discouraged by defeat or failure and always engage in life anew and try to master it themselves