Sexappeal

See also: sexappeal, sex-appeal, and sex appeal

German

Alternative forms

• (alternative standard) Sex-Appeal, (now nonstandard) Sex Appeal

Etymology

Earlier 20th century, borrowed from English sex appeal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛks.ɛˌpiːl/, [ˈsɛks.ʔɛˌpiːl], [-ʔe-], [ˈsɛk.seˌpiːl], [-sə-], (chiefly dated) /ˈzɛks-/

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Noun

Sexappeal m (strong, genitive Sexappeals, no plural)

1. sex appeal
   • 1938, Georg Witkowski, “Von Menschen und Büchern – Erinnerungen 1863-1933”, in Oliver Simons, editor, Deutsche Autobiographien 1690-1930, published 2004, page 74905:

     Sie galt für schön, hatte jedoch nur einen überaus starken Sex Appeal, durch den sie außer meinem Bruder noch viele Männer an sich gefesselt hat, verbunden mit irischer Beweglichkeit des Geistes und zähem Egoismus.

     She was considered beautiful, but actually had only an extremely strong sex appeal, by which she chained to herself many other men besides my brother and which was accompanied by Irish agility of mind and tenacious selfishness.

Declension

Declension of Sexappeal [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sexappeal
genitive	eines	des	Sexappeals
dative	einem	dem	Sexappeal
accusative	einen	den	Sexappeal

Further reading

• “Sexappeal” in Duden online