"Rotwelsch" meaning in German

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈʁoːtvɛlʃ/ Audio: De-Rotwelsch.ogg
Etymology: Uncertain. Rot (Rotwelsch for “beggar”, compare Rotte (“rout; group”)) + welsch (“Romance; foreign”). Compare Kauderwelsch (“gibberish”). Etymology templates: {{unc|de}} Uncertain, {{m|de|Rotte||rout; group}} Rotte (“rout; group”), {{m|de|welsch|gloss=Romance; foreign}} welsch (“Romance; foreign”), {{m|de|Kauderwelsch|gloss=gibberish}} Kauderwelsch (“gibberish”) Head templates: {{de-proper noun|langname}} Rotwelsch n (proper noun, language name, genitive Rotwelsch or Rotwelschs, alternative nominative (used with the definite article) Rotwelsche, alternative genitive Rotwelschen, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|langname}} Forms: Rotwelsch [genitive], Rotwelschs [genitive], Rotwelsche [alternative, nominative], Rotwelschen [alternative, genitive], neuter [table-tags], Rotwelsch [nominative, singular, usually-without-article], Rotwelsche [definite, nominative, singular], Rotwelsch [genitive, singular, usually-without-article], Rotwelschs [genitive, singular, usually-without-article], Rotwelschen [definite, genitive, singular], Rotwelsch [dative, singular, usually-without-article], Rotwelschen [dative, definite, singular], Rotwelsch [accusative, singular, usually-without-article], Rotwelsche [accusative, definite, singular]
  1. (historical) Rotwelsch (secret cant formerly spoken in southern Germany and Switzerland) Tags: historical, neuter, no-plural, proper-noun Categories (topical): Sociolects Synonyms: Gaunersprache Related terms: Kauderwelsch (english: gibberish)
    Sense id: en-Rotwelsch-de-name-Fzm5YwqR Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German specially-declined language names

Inflected forms

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