koscher
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Yiddish כּשר (kosher), from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kašér).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]koscher (strong nominative masculine singular koscherer, not comparable)
- (Judaism, of food) kosher
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) free of doubt, safe
- Synonym: geheuer
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of koscher (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist koscher | sie ist koscher | es ist koscher | sie sind koscher | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | koscherer | koschere | koscheres | koschere |
genitive | koscheren | koscherer | koscheren | koscherer | |
dative | koscherem | koscherer | koscherem | koscheren | |
accusative | koscheren | koschere | koscheres | koschere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der koschere | die koschere | das koschere | die koscheren |
genitive | des koscheren | der koscheren | des koscheren | der koscheren | |
dative | dem koscheren | der koscheren | dem koscheren | den koscheren | |
accusative | den koscheren | die koschere | das koschere | die koscheren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein koscherer | eine koschere | ein koscheres | (keine) koscheren |
genitive | eines koscheren | einer koscheren | eines koscheren | (keiner) koscheren | |
dative | einem koscheren | einer koscheren | einem koscheren | (keinen) koscheren | |
accusative | einen koscheren | eine koschere | ein koscheres | (keine) koscheren |
Further reading
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Hebrew כשר through German and/or Yiddish.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]koscher (neuter koschert, plural koschere)
- kosher (e.g. food or cutlery)
References
[edit]- “koscher” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from German koscher, from Yiddish כּשר (kosher), from Hebrew כָּשֵׁר (kašér). Attested in Swedish since 1911.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]koscher (not comparable)
- (Judaism) kosher
- (figuratively) kosher
- 2022, Andreas Cervenka, Girig-Sverige, Natur & Kultur, →ISBN, page 147:
- En lång rad fondbolag och pensionsförvaltare har valt bort Evolution Gaming av etiska skäl. Att bidra till att människor spelar bort sina pengar på nätet anses helt enkelt inte helt koscher, eller hållbart som det heter på policyspråk.
- A long list of fund companies and pension managers have opted out of Evolution Gaming for ethical reasons. Contributing to people gambling away their money online is simply not considered entirely kosher, or sustainable as it is called in policy language.
Usage notes
[edit]Typically part of compounds. As an adjective, only used predicatively.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
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