Kanaille
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German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French canaille.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Kanaille f (genitive Kanaille, plural Kanaillen)
- (formerly derogatory, now dated and usually humorous) scoundrel, rascal, (also) someone extravagant, eccentric
- Na, du alte Kanaille! ― Well, well, you rascal
- Der Typ ist echt so’ne Kanaille... ― That guy is positively eccentric...
- (archaic, collective) mob, vermin, canaille
- 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks […] [1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, page 182:
- Aber er strafte sich selber Lügen, indem er plötzlich hervorzischte: »Parbleu, Jean! man müßte diesen infamen Schmierfinken den Respekt mit Pulver und Blei in den Leib knallen … Das Pack …! Die Canaille …!«
- But he gave the lie to himself by suddenly hissing out: "Parbleu, Jean! one would have to pound respect with powder and lead in these infamous greases ... The pack ...! The canaille ...!"
Declension
[edit]Declension of Kanaille [feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Kanaille” in Duden online
- Canaille, Kanaille at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
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