rauschig
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Rausch (“intoxication”) + -ig.
In the 1830s, Gregor Dankovszky compared the term to Hungarian részeg (“drunk”),[1] but the similarity must be coincidental, because Gábor Zaicz takes részeg to be of Ugric or Uralic origin.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈʁaʊ̯ʃɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈʁaʊ̯ʃɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: rau‧schig
Adjective[edit]
rauschig (strong nominative masculine singular rauschiger, not comparable)
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of rauschig (uncomparable)
References[edit]
- ^ Gregor Dankovszky, Kritisch-etymologisches Wörterbuch der magyarischen Sprache (1833)
- ^ rauschig in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)