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Essig.

vinegar

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɛsɪç/standard/ˈɛsɪk/Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland
  1. vinegar

    masculine · strong
  2. bad

    masculine · predicative · strong
Where this word comes from

Originally a mistaken spelling of German Essich, from Middle High German eȥȥich, from Old High German eȥȥih, from Proto-West Germanic *atek, metathesized variant of *aket (“vinegar”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Esseg and Vilamovian essig.

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