punsch

See also: Punsch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish punsch, from English punch.

Noun

punsch (uncountable)

1. A Swedish fruit liqueur based on Batavia arrack, neutral spirits, and flavorings.

   Synonym: Swedish punsch

   • 2017, Gunilla Anderman, Europe on Stage: Translation and Theatre‎^[1], Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

     Strindberg's as well as Ibsen's characters indulge in a glass of ‘punsch’, the arrak-based drink popular in Scandinavia during the latter part of the nineteenth century.

   • 2018, Rick Steves, Rick Steves Scandinavia‎^[2], Hachette UK, →ISBN:

     A popular drink here is punsch, a sweet fruit liqueur. Stately old buildings sometimes have punsch-verandas, little glassed-in upstairs porches where people traditionally would imbibe and chat.

Further reading

• punsch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Noun

punsch m (plural punschs)

1. punch (beverage)

Swedish

en flaska punsch

Etymology

Borrowed from English punch, from Sanskrit पञ्चन् (pañcan), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɵnɧ/
• Rhymes: -ɵnɧ

Noun

punsch c

1. punsch (liqueur based on arrack, neutral spirits and flavorings)

Usage notes

• Sometimes inaccurately translated into English as punch, which is a false friend-type error, although the words apparently have a common origin.

Declension

Declension of punsch

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	punsch	punschs
	definite	punschen	punschens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• arrakspunsch
• punscha
• punschbål
• punschglas
• punschkylare
• punschpatriot
• punschpatriotism
• punschpralin
• punschskål
• punschveranda

 

References

• punsch in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• punsch in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• punsch in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)