Sammelsurium

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Etymology

Pseudo-Latin, from Low German sammelsūr/Sammelsūr (“ dish made from various leftovers”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaml̩ˈzuːʁiʊm/
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Noun

Sammelsurium n (strong, genitive Sammelsuriums, plural Sammelsurien)

  1. hodgepodge
    Synonym: Mischmasch
    • 2010 July 4, Der Spiegel‎, number 27, page 109:
      Das Gesetz selbst ist Stückwerk, dauernd wurde es verändert, ein verwirrendes Sammelsurium.
      The law itself is patchwork, it has been changed continuously, a confusing hodgepodge.
    • 2023 January 29, Michael Brake, “Auf der Grünen Woche in Berlin: Im Sog der Häppchen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      Manche Länder haben dabei einen zentralen Auftritt, andere ein Sammelsurium aus vielen Einzelanbietern; es sind aber ohnehin nicht alle Länder da, nicht einmal alle Bundesländer.
      Some countries have a single centralised presence, others a hodgepodge of many individual sellers; but not all countries are participating anyway, not even all states.

Descendants

  • → Swedish: sammelsurium

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