Unzucht

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German unzuht (“immorality, vulgarity, rudeness”), from Old High German unzuht, by surface analysis, un- +‎ Zucht. Zucht originally means “discipline, education, manners”. Unzucht is derived thence, but was often restricted to the sexual sense already in early modern German. The simplex Zucht only later developed the additional sense “breeding”, with which Unzucht is now secondarily associated (“undue breeding”, as it were).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnˌtsʊxt/
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Noun

Unzucht f (genitive Unzucht, no plural)

  1. (also law, now chiefly religion) fornication; adultery; lewdness; promiscuity (any sexual behaviour considered immoral or forbidden)
    Antonym: Keuschheit
    • 1879, Georg Büchner, Woyzeck‎:
      Dreht euch. wälzt euch! Warum bläst Gott nicht die Sonn aus, daß alles in Unzucht sich übereinanderwälzt, Mann und Weib, Mensch und Vieh?! Tut's am hellen Tag, tut's einem auf den Händen wie die Mücken!
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Declension

Declension of Unzucht
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Unzucht
genitive einer der Unzucht
dative einer der Unzucht
accusative eine die Unzucht

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