Frosch

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East Central German

Etymology

Compare German Frosch.

Noun

Frosch

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) mucous sputum

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44:

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vrosch, from Old High German frosk (“frog”), from Proto-West Germanic *frosk (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).

Cognate with Middle Low German vorsch (“frog”), Dutch vors, West Frisian froask, Icelandic froskur, dialectal English frosh (“frog”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɔʃ/
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  • Hyphenation: Frosch

Noun

Frosch m (strong, genitive Frosches or Froschs, plural Frösche, diminutive Fröschchen n or Fröschlein n)

  1. frog

Declension

Declension of Frosch
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Frosch die Frösche
genitive eines des Frosches, Froschs der Frösche
dative einem dem Frosch, Frosche1 den Fröschen
accusative einen den Frosch die Frösche

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “Frosch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Frosch” in Duden online

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German vrosch, from Old High German frosc (“frog”), from Proto-West Germanic *frosk (“frog”), from Proto-Germanic *fruskaz (“frog”), from Proto-Indo-European *prew- (“jump, hop”).

Cognate with German Frosch, Middle Low German vorsch (“frog”), Dutch vors, West Frisian froask, Icelandic froskur.

Noun

Frosch m (plural Fresch)

  1. frog
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