Losung
See also: Lösung
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German losunge equivalent to Los (“lot”) + -ung.
Noun
Losung f (genitive Losung, plural Losungen)
- slogan; motto
- Synonyms: Motto, Parole, Schlachtruf, Slogan
- 1932, Erich Mühsam, Die Befreiung der Gesellschaft vom Staat, in: Erich Mühsam: Prosaschriften II, Verlag europäische ideen Berlin (1978), page 290:
- Selbst da, wo schon die Revolution unter der Losung „Alle Macht den Räten!“ den Sieg der Arbeiter und Bauern brachte, wurden die Räte staats- und parteiuntertan […]
- Even there, where the revolution, under the slogan "All power to the councils!", already brought the victory of the workers and peasants, the councils became servant to state and party […]
- (military, etc.) password
- Synonyms: Codewort, Parole, Geheimwort
- drawing (e.g. in a lottery)
- Synonym: Ziehung
Declension
Declension of Losung [feminine]
Descendants
- → Russian: ло́зунг (lózung)
- → Mongolian: лоозон (loozon)
- → Ukrainian: ло́зунг (lózunh)
- → Bulgarian: ло́зунг (lózung)
Etymology 2
From hunter slang loslassen (“defecate”).
Noun
Losung f (genitive Losung, plural Losungen)
Declension
Declension of Losung [feminine]
Further reading
- “Losung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Losung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de