blutrünstig
German
Etymology
From Middle High German bluotrünstec, bluotrunsec (“strongly bleeding”), derived from bluotruns (“strongly bleeding wound”), from bluot (“blood”) + runs (“flow of water”), the latter being related with German rinnen (“to run”, of a fluid). Analysable in modern German as Blut (“blood”) + Runse (“bed of a mountain stream”) + -ig. The word Runse is restricted to Alpine regions, however, and otherwise widely unknown.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbluːtˌʁʏnstɪç/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /-ˌʁʏnstɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: blut‧rüns‧tig
Adjective
blutrünstig (comparative blutrünstiger, superlative am blutrünstigsten)
- (of a person or animal) bloodthirsty (eager for bloodshed)
- (of an event) bloodthirsty (involving a lot of bloodshed that is caused by people or animals)
- (of a text or film, or its maker) gory; bloodthirsty (relishing in the depiction of bloodshed)
Declension
Synonyms
- (of a person or animal): blutdürstig, mordlustig
Derived terms
Further reading
- “blutrünstig” in Duden online