Gamasche

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from French gamache.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈmaʃə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʃə

Noun

Gamasche f (genitive Gamasche, plural Gamaschen)

  1. (covering worn over a shoe) spat, legwarmer
  2. (Northern Germany, colloquial, with haben or kriegen) fear, angst
    • 2018 July 12, Siegfrid Breuer, “Beate Zschaepe: Ein politisches Urteil. Justiz der BRD 2018.”, in de.soc.politik.misc‎ (Usenet):
      Kann das der Dumpfbacke mal einer zitieren, er hat ja Gamaschen vor Leuten die intelligenter sind als er.
      Can someone quote it to the git, for he has fear of people who are more intelligent than him?

Declension

Declension of Gamasche
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Gamasche die Gamaschen
genitive einer der Gamasche der Gamaschen
dative einer der Gamasche den Gamaschen
accusative eine die Gamasche die Gamaschen

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Polish: kamasz

Further reading

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