Geschmack
German
Etymology
From Old High German gismac, gismah, smac from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *smeg- (“taste”). Cognate with Dutch smaak, English smack, smatch, Swedish smak, Danish smag.
Pronunciation
Noun
Geschmack m (genitive Geschmackes, plural Geschmäcker or Geschmäcke)
- taste
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 19:
- Die eigenen Zimmer hatten sich die Enkel nach persönlichem Geschmack eingerichtet.
- The grandchildren had furnished their own rooms according to their personal taste.
- Die eigenen Zimmer hatten sich die Enkel nach persönlichem Geschmack eingerichtet.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 19:
- flavour
- (Switzerland) smell, odor
Usage notes
- The normal plural is Geschmäcker. The form is still labelled as colloquial in some dictionaries, but has in fact become predominant in all registers since the 1980s. The older form Geschmäcke is now quite rare.
Declension
Template:de-decl-noun-m Template:de-decl-noun-m
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “Geschmack” in Duden online
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