abgeschmackthet

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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abgeschmackt +‎ -het, first part from German abgeschmackt (outrageous, tasteless, vulgar), from earlier abgeschmack (outrageous, tasteless, vulgar), equivalent to both ab-, from German ab (from), from Middle High German ab, from Old High German ab (of), from Proto-Germanic *ab (away, away from), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away) + and Geschmack (taste, flavour), from Old High German gismac, gismah, smac from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (taste, savour, smatch, flavour), from Proto-Indo-European *smeg- (taste), and -t (-ed). Last part from Middle Low German -hēt, -heit, from Old Saxon -hēd, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (manner, way; state), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-, *(s)keydʰ- (clear, bright, shining).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /apɡəˈʃmaktheːt/
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  • Rhymes: -eːt
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ge‧schmackt‧het

Noun

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abgeschmackthet m (definite singular abgeschmacktheten, indefinite plural abgeschmacktheter, definite plural abgeschmackthetene)

  1. (literary, obsolete) tastelessness (the quality, state, or characteristic of being tasteless)
    • 1990, Halfdan Kjerulf, Halfdan Kjerulfs dagbøker for årene 1833, 1840, 1850, 1851, page 110:
      [man] faar da ei regne det saa nøie om der komme endeel abgeschmacktheder fore som modesmagen kræver som offer
      [one] then does not have to count it so carefully if there are some tastelessnesses ahead as the fashion taste demands as a sacrifice

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