Tschusch

German

Etymology

Uncertain. Proposals are: From Serbo-Croatian čuješ (“you hear”); from Serbo-Croatian ćuš (“giddyup”); from Slovene čúš, from Turkish çavuş, which would make it a doublet of Tschausch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃuːʃ/

Noun

Tschusch m (mixed, genitive Tschusch, plural Tschuschen)

1. (Austria, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) a person of Southeastern European (especially South Slavic) or oriental origin

Declension

Declension of Tschusch [masculine, mixed // weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tschusch	die	Tschuschen
genitive	eines	des	Tschuschs, Tschuschen	der	Tschuschen
dative	einem	dem	Tschusch, Tschuschen	den	Tschuschen
accusative	einen	den	Tschusch, Tschuschen	die	Tschuschen

Further reading

• “Tschusch” in Duden online