Ausdrock

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Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From aus (out) +‎ Drock (pressing, pressure), after German Ausdruck, a backformation from ausdrücken (to express) in the one sense and ausdrucken (to print out) in the other. (In Luxembourgish, one may consider Ausdrock a single noun as the distinction between the underlying verbs does not exist.)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈæːʊ̯sˌdʀok]

Noun[edit]

Ausdrock m (plural Ausdréck)

  1. expression
    1. word, phrase
      Synonym: Expressioun
    2. way of expressing, style
      Synonyms: Stil, Ausdrocksweis
    3. facial appearance
      Synonym: Minn
  2. printout

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