sauer
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sūr, from Old High German sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros.
Cognate to Low German suur, Dutch zuur, English sour, Danish sur, Swedish sur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sauer (strong nominative masculine singular saurer or (uncommon) sauerer, not comparable)
- sour; acid; acidic
- 1876, Charles Brown, Süße und sauere Butter, in: Baltische Wochenschrift für Landwirthschaft, Gewerbfleiß und Handel. Vierzehnter Jahrgang. 1876. No. 45, column 640:
- [...] diese Butter ist einfach ein Product der gewöhnlichen Kuhmilch, unterscheidet sich aber hauptsächlich von der gewöhnlich producirten saueren Butter durch größere Haltbarkeit und feineren Geschmack.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1876, Charles Brown, Süße und sauere Butter, in: Baltische Wochenschrift für Landwirthschaft, Gewerbfleiß und Handel. Vierzehnter Jahrgang. 1876. No. 45, column 640:
- (informal) upset; annoyed; angry [with auf (+ accusative) ‘with someone’]
- Meine Kollegen sehen immer sehr sauer aus, wenn ich komme.
- My colleagues always look very salty when I arrive.
- Synonym: (formal) verärgert
- (informal, rather rare) unpleasant
- eine saure Erfahrung ― an unpleasant experience
- 1834, Johann Nepomuck Schneid, Kurze und leichtfaßliche Ermahnungsreden auf die Festtage des Herrn und seiner heiligen Mutter, seiner Pfarrgemeinde vorgetragen, page 23:
- Es ist das freilich ein sauerer und harter Gang, aber noch sauerer, noch härter wird es seyn, wenn es einmal heißen wird: Gehet hin ihr Unreine, ihr Ungerechte, ihr Geizige, ihr Zänkische – gehet hin ihr Ungehorsame in das ewige Feuer! –
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2002, Jürgen Bellers, Politische Ökonomie der Medien, page 114:
- Warum sollen wir uns das Leben noch sauerer machen, als es schon ist?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Synonym: unangenehm
Declension
[edit]1Uncommon.
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Basic tastes in German (layout · text) | |||||
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süß | sauer | salzig | bitter | scharf | herzhaft |
Further reading
[edit]- “sauer” in Duden online
- “sauer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “sauer”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Central Franconian souer, from Middle High German sūr, from Old High German sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz.[1]
Cognate with German sauer and Luxembourgish sauer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sauer (comparative saurer, superlative sauerst)
Declension
[edit]Declension of sauer (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | sauer | sauer | sauer | sauere |
accusative | sauere | sauer | sauer | sauere | |
dative | sauere | sauere | sauere | sauere | |
Strong inflection | nominative | sauerer | sauere | saueres | sauere |
accusative | sauere | sauere | saueres | sauere | |
dative | sauerem | sauerer | sauerem | sauere |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit](tastes) Geschmack; bitter, salsich, sauer, sies (Category: hrx:Taste)
References
[edit]- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “sauer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 138
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sūr, from Old High German sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros.
Cognate with German sauer, English sour, Dutch zuur, Icelandic súr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]sauer (masculine saueren, neuter sauert, comparative méi sauer, superlative am sauersten)
- sour
- Dës Zitroune si ganz sauer.
- These lemons are very sour.
Declension
[edit]number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass sauer | si ass sauer | et ass sauer | si si(nn) sauer | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | saueren | sauer | sauert | sauer |
independent without determiner | saueres | sauerer | |||
dative | after any declined word | saueren | sauerer | saueren | saueren |
as first declined word | sauerem | sauerem |
See also
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]sauer
- Alternative form of sowere
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]sauer m
- indefinite plural of sau
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]sauer m
- indefinite plural of sau
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯ɐ
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- Hunsrik terms inherited from Central Franconian
- Hunsrik terms derived from Central Franconian
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik 2-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/aʊ̯a
- Rhymes:Hunsrik/aʊ̯a/2 syllables
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik adjectives
- hrx:Taste
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Luxembourgish 2-syllable words
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑʊɐ
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- lb:Taste
- Middle English lemmas
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