barbarisch

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baʁˈbaːʁɪʃ/
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Adjective

barbarisch (strong nominative masculine singular barbarischer, comparative barbarischer, superlative am barbarischsten)

  1. barbaric, barbarian, barbarous
    • 2012 (29.11.2012), news.ORF.at, Pfusch an der englischen Sprache? (online)
      In einer Besprechung des OED im 19. Jahrhundert hatte es geheißen: „Es gibt kein sichereres und tödlicheres Zeichen für den Untergang einer Sprache als die Aufnahme barbarischer und fremder Wörter.“
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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