Pirsch

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

An abstract noun[1] and back-formation from pirschen;[2][1][2] its Early New High German form was Birs, from Middle High German birse and berse.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪʁʃ/
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  • Hyphenation: Pirsch

Noun

Pirsch f (genitive Pirsch, plural Pirschen)

  1. (hunter's jargon) hunting method for trying to track down, to spoor game, especially hoofed game, by stalking through a preserve/shoot and to approach it within range of fire; ≈ deerstalking, stalking
    auf die Pirsch gehen, auf der Pirsch sein
    to go deerstalking/stalking, to do deerstalking/stalking
    eine erfolgreiche Pirsch, eine stundenlange Pirsch
    a successful deerstalking/stalking, an hours-long deerstalking/stalking
    • 1978, Konrad Kutzner, Willibald Winkler: Auf, auf zum fröhlichen Jagen. VEB Lied der Zeit, Musikverlag, Berlin (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 13, 2015), p. 19:
      Wer bei der Jagd auf Rot- und Damwild weniger Geduld, sprich kein Sitzefleisch hat, der wird die Pirsch vorziehen.[…]Hervorragende Bedingungen eine Pirsch durchs Jagdgebiet herrschen im Winter, wenn Neuschnee fällt.
      Those who have less patience, in other words who are not willing to sit still on their backsides, while on a hunt for red and fallow deer will prefer to go deerstalking/stalking. Excellent conditions to go deerstalking/stalking across the hunting ground prevail in wintertime, as soon as fresh snow is falling.
    • 2012, Paul Holzmayer: Tiger & Co.: Begegnungen mit Wildtieren bei Reisen in die Tiger-Reservate und Nationalparks Indiens, Nepals und Sri Lankas. epubli GmbH, Berlin, →ISBN (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 13, 2015), p. 40:
      Es ist nun aber so, dass viele Pirschen mit dem Wind erfolgen und an dem hervorragenden Witterungsvermögen der Hirsche scheitern; diejenigen, die gegen den Wind erfolgen, sind rein zufällig.
      Now the fact is that many deerstalkings are carried out downwind and fail because of the deer’s outstanding ability to get wind of; those that are carried out upwind occur purely accidental.

Declension

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

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Friedrich Kluge, revised by Elmar Seebold: Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 24th, proofread and extended edition, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2001, →ISBN, headword “pirschen (auch birschen)”, p. 705.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 “Pirsch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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