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German
Etymology
From kauderwelsch (adjective), since the 16th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
Kauderwelsch n (strong, genitive Kauderwelschs or Kauderwelsch, no plural)
- gibberish, gobbledygook
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 1, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 295:‚Gesegnete Nahrungsaufnahme‘! Was für ein Kauderwelsch. Man kann sagen: ‚Gesegnete Mahlzeit‘! denn ‚Mahlzeit‘ ist ein poetisches Wort sozusagen, wie ‚tägliches Brot‘, und verträgt sich ganz gut mit ‚gesegnet‘. Aber ‚Nahrungsaufnahme‘ ist ja die reine Physiologie, und dazu Segen zu wünschen, das ist doch ein höhnisches Gerede.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (obsolete) The variety of Romansch spoken in the Swiss town of Chur (Kauder) in canton Graubünden
Declension
Declension of Kauderwelsch
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