Gspusi

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sposo. Compare Alemannic German Gspuusi. Doublet of Gespons.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Gspusi n (strong, genitive Gspusis, plural Gspusis) (colloquial, chiefly Austria, Bavaria)

  1. (semi-secret) romantic relationship, affair
    Synonyms: Liebschaft, Verhältnis, Techtelmechtel
    • 2016, Ernst Obermaier, Tödliches Asyl: Kriminalroman, Gmeiner-Verlag, →ISBN:
      »Hast du jetzt in Bayern ein Gspusi? So sagt man doch dort?« »Kein Gspusi! Noch nicht! Aber was nicht ist, kann noch werden.« Eine Fernbeziehung Berlin – München passte überhaupt nicht zu ihrer Lebensplanung.
      »Have you got a "Gspusi" in Bavaria now? That's how they say it there, right?« »No such thing! Not yet! But what is not, may yet be.« A long-distance relationship Berlin - Munich did not at all fit into her life planning.
  2. lover
    Synonyms: Geliebter, Liebhaber
    • 2013, Gunter Bakay, Philippine Welser: Eine geheimnisvolle Frau und ihre Zeit, Haymon Verlag, →ISBN:
      Ob das Schloss ihr Eigentum war (was zumindest ihre abgabepflichtigen Untertanen sicherlich wussten) oder ob sie sich nur so hier herumtrieb: Sie war das Gspusi des Landesfürsten und damit basta.
      If the castle was her property (her tax-paying subjects at least would have surely known) or if she just gadded around the place: She was the prince's lover and that is it.

Declension

Further reading

  • Gspusi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Gspusi” in Duden online