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German
Etymology
Ast (“bough, branch, knot, limb”) + Loch (“hole”)
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: Ast‧loch
Noun
Astloch n (strong, genitive Astloches or Astlochs, plural Astlöcher)
- knothole
1887, Theodor Storm, Ein Doppelgänger: Novelle, 1st edition, Berlin: Verlag der Gebrüder Paetel, page 32:So geriethen wir in die Jagdgeſchichten, von denen eine immer die andere nach ſich zog; nur einmal, in einer Pauſe des Geſpräches, ſagte Frau Chriſtine wie aus langem Sinnen: „Ob wohl noch die Kathe da iſt, am Ende der Straße, und das Aſtloch in der Hausthüre, durch das ich abends hinausſah, ob nicht mein Vater von der Arbeit komme? – Ich möcht’ doch einmal wieder hin!“- Thus we came up with hunting stories, one of which always followed the other; only once, after a pause in the conversation, Ms. Christine said as after a long muse: “I’m wondering whether the small cottage at the end of the street still exists, and the knothole in the front door through which I looked out evenings to see if my father was coming home from work? – I want to go there again!”
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Further reading
- “Astloch” in Duden online
- “Astloch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Astloch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon