Dusel
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle Low German. Related to dösen (“to doze”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Dusel m (strong, genitive Dusels, no plural)
- undeserved luck, fortune
- (now less common) dizziness; also: tipsiness
- 1982, Gudrun Embacher, Der Narr Wohlgemuth, Berg / Starnberger See: Hohenstaufen Verlag, →ISBN, pages 100–101:
- Damit die Sache doch endlich vorwärtsgehe, schrillte schon ein ungeduldiges Marktweib hinauf: spring schon, du Döskopp! – und meinte den Trinker in seinem weinerlichen Dusel, und sein böses Gebrammel fiel wie Schmutz herab auf den Platz.
- In order to provide for the matter to proceed, some patienceless fishwife skirled upwards: oi jump, dozeman! – and meant the drinker in his lachrymose state of inebriation, and his ill harumphing tumbled upon the place like soil.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Dusel [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Dusel” in Duden online
- “Dusel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Dusel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Plautdietsch[edit]
Noun[edit]
Dusel m (plural Dusels)
Related terms[edit]
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