Frosch

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East Central German

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Etymology

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Compare German Frosch.

Noun

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Frosch

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) mucous sputum

Further reading

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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 44:

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vrosch, from Old High German frosk (frog), from Proto-West Germanic *frosk (frog), from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (frog), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (jump, hop).

Cognate with Middle Low German vorsch (frog), Dutch vors, West Frisian froask, Icelandic froskur, dialectal English frosh (frog).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fʁɔʃ/
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  • Hyphenation: Frosch

Noun

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Frosch m (strong, genitive Frosches or Froschs, plural Frösche, diminutive Fröschchen n or Fröschlein n)

  1. frog

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • Frosch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Frosch” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vrosch, from Old High German frosc (frog), from Proto-West Germanic *frosk (frog), from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (frog), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (jump, hop).

Cognate with German Frosch, Middle Low German vorsch (frog), Dutch vors, West Frisian froask, Icelandic froskur.

Noun

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Frosch m (plural Fresch)

  1. frog