Unwort
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle High German unwort, by surface analysis, un- + Wort.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Unwort n (strong, genitive Unwortes or Unworts, plural Unwörter or Unworte)
- (linguistics, plural Unworte) inappropriate, offensive neologism
- 2020, Katz & Goldt, Überraschung[1]:
- Nee. Im Laufe des Jahres sagt irgendein Politiker beim Pullern im Pissoir „Menschenrechtsbrimborium“, irgendeiner hört das mit, und dann wird „Menschenrechtsbrimborium“ Unwort des Jahres.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (linguistics, plural Unwörter) malformed neologism
Declension
[edit]Declension of Unwort [neuter, strong]
Further reading
[edit]- “Unwort” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Unwort” in Duden online
- “Unwort” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Unwort”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Unwort” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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