Judenleim

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German

Alternative forms

  • All forms listed are obsolete and given in order of increasing rarity:
    • Juden-Leim, Juden-leim, Juden Leim, Juden leim, juden leim
    • Judenlaim, Juden-Laim, Juden laim (see Citations:Judenlaim)

Etymology

Jude (“Jew”) + -n + Leim (“glue”); compare the English Jew’s lime and Jew’s slime

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjuːdənˌlaɪ̯m/, /ˈjuːdn̩ˌlaɪ̯m/

Noun

Judenleim

  1. (obsolete, now possibly offensive) asphalt
    • 1746, Uebersetzung der Algemeinen Welthistorie die in Engeland durch eine Geselschaft von Gelehrten ausgefertiget worden, part 3 (Halle, Johann Justinus Gebauer), page 569:
      er war ganz mit Ziegelsteinen, die mit Judenleim stark verpicht waren, ausgemauert,
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1877 (reprint), Johann Weichard, Die Ehre des Herzogthums Krain, volume 2, page 29:
      meines Vermutens von dem Hartz oder Judenleim, womit es durchstrichen worden, herrühren.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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