abgeschmackthet

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abgeschmackt +‎ -het, first part from German abgeschmackt (outrageous, tasteless, vulgar), from earlier abgeschmack (outrageous, tasteless, vulgar), equivalent to both ab-, from German ab (from), from Middle High German ab, from Old High German ab (of), from Proto-Germanic *ab (away, away from), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (off, away) + and Geschmack (taste, flavour), from Old High German gismac, gismah, smac from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (taste, savour, smatch, flavour), from Proto-Indo-European *smeg- (taste), and -t (-ed). Last part from Middle Low German -hēt, -heit, from Old Saxon -hēd, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (manner, way; state), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-, *(s)keydʰ- (clear, bright, shining).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /apɡəˈʃmaktheːt/
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  • Rhymes: -eːt
  • Hyphenation: ab‧ge‧schmackt‧het

Noun

abgeschmackthet m (definite singular abgeschmacktheten, indefinite plural abgeschmacktheter, definite plural abgeschmackthetene)

  1. (literary, obsolete) tastelessness (the quality, state, or characteristic of being tasteless)
    • 1990, Halfdan Kjerulf, Halfdan Kjerulfs dagbøker for årene 1833, 1840, 1850, 1851, page 110:
      faar da ei regne det saa nøie om der komme endeel abgeschmacktheder fore som modesmagen kræver som offer
      then does not have to count it so carefully if there are some tastelessnesses ahead as the fashion taste demands as a sacrifice

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