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Gauch

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East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German Jauche.

Noun

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Gauch f

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) liquid manure

References

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  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 47:

German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Ein Gauch
A cuckoo

Etymology

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From Middle High German gouch, from Old High German gouh, from Proto-West Germanic *gauk, from Proto-Germanic *gaukaz.

Compare German Low German Göök, Danish gøg, Faroese geykur, Icelandic gaukur, Norwegian Bokmål gjøk, Norwegian Nynorsk gauk, Swedish gök.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡaʊ̯x/
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Noun

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Gauch m (strong, genitive Gauches or Gauchs, plural Gauche or Gäuche)

  1. (archaic) a cuckoo; Cuculus canorus
    Synonym: Kuckuck
  2. (archaic) a fool
    Synonyms: Depp, Dummkopf, Geck, Narr, Tor

Declension

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Derived terms

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  • Gauchheil (pimpernel; any of the plants of the genus Anagallis)

References

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  • Gauch” in Duden online