Koteletten

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Etymology 1

19th century, from French côtelettes (“sideburns”, literally “cutlets”), humorously after the form, invoking the idea of two cutlets glued to the sides of the face. In French an exclusively informal and now apparently archaic use.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔtˈlɛtən/
  • IPA(key): /kɔtˈleːtən/ (colloquial variant, perhaps regional)
  • IPA(key): /koːt(ə)ˈlɛtən/ (dated)
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Noun

Koteletten f pl (plural only, singular Kotelette)

  1. sideburns (facial hair extending on the sides of the face near the ears)
  2. (by extension) the hair directly in front of the ears (even when short or in a woman)
Declension
Declension of Koteletten
plural
def. noun
nominative die Koteletten
genitive der Koteletten
dative den Koteletten
accusative die Koteletten

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔtˈlɛtən/, /ˈkɔtlɛtən/

Noun

Koteletten

  1. dative plural of Kotelett

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