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{ "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Ostensibly from Arsch (“arse”), but it has also been argued to derive ultimately from the Central German pronunciation of arg (“very”).", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "prefix" }, "expansion": "arsch-", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "German", "lang_code": "de", "pos": "prefix", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "German entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [ "Entries with incorrect language header", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "German intensifiers", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "derived": [ { "word": "arschbillig" }, { "word": "arschdreckig" }, { "word": "arschfaul" }, { "word": "arschfrüh" }, { "word": "arschgeil" }, { "word": "arschheiß" }, { "word": "arschhoch" }, { "word": "arschkalt" }, { "word": "arschknapp" }, { "word": "arschlang" }, { "word": "arschlaut" }, { "word": "arschmüde" }, { "word": "arschnass" }, { "word": "arschspät" }, { "word": "arschteuer" }, { "word": "arschtief" }, { "word": "arschtrocken" }, { "word": "arschweit" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "arsch- + kalt (“cold”) → arschkalt (“bitterly cold”)", "type": "example" }, { "text": "arsch- + Ruhe (“silence”) → Arschruhe (“dead silence, indisturbable silence”)", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Intensifies adjectives or (rarely) nouns." ], "id": "en-arsch--de-prefix-nF2F1nDk", "raw_glosses": [ "(colloquial, somewhat vulgar) Intensifies adjectives or (rarely) nouns." ], "related": [ { "english": "insincerely friendly; not intensifying, therefore better analyzed as Arsch + freundlich", "word": "arschfreundlich" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "sau-" }, { "word": "schweine-" } ], "tags": [ "colloquial", "morpheme", "vulgar" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "audio": "De-arsch-.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/De-arsch-.ogg/De-arsch-.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/De-arsch-.ogg" } ], "word": "arsch-" }
{ "derived": [ { "word": "arschbillig" }, { "word": "arschdreckig" }, { "word": "arschfaul" }, { "word": "arschfrüh" }, { "word": "arschgeil" }, { "word": "arschheiß" }, { "word": "arschhoch" }, { "word": "arschkalt" }, { "word": "arschknapp" }, { "word": "arschlang" }, { "word": "arschlaut" }, { "word": "arschmüde" }, { "word": "arschnass" }, { "word": "arschspät" }, { "word": "arschteuer" }, { "word": "arschtief" }, { "word": "arschtrocken" }, { "word": "arschweit" } ], "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Ostensibly from Arsch (“arse”), but it has also been argued to derive ultimately from the Central German pronunciation of arg (“very”).", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "prefix" }, "expansion": "arsch-", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "German", "lang_code": "de", "pos": "prefix", "related": [ { "english": "insincerely friendly; not intensifying, therefore better analyzed as Arsch + freundlich", "word": "arschfreundlich" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "German colloquialisms", "German entries with incorrect language header", "German informal derogatory intensifying prefixes", "German intensifiers", "German lemmas", "German prefixes", "German vulgarities", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries" ], "examples": [ { "text": "arsch- + kalt (“cold”) → arschkalt (“bitterly cold”)", "type": "example" }, { "text": "arsch- + Ruhe (“silence”) → Arschruhe (“dead silence, indisturbable silence”)", "type": "example" } ], "glosses": [ "Intensifies adjectives or (rarely) nouns." ], "raw_glosses": [ "(colloquial, somewhat vulgar) Intensifies adjectives or (rarely) nouns." ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "sau-" }, { "word": "schweine-" } ], "tags": [ "colloquial", "morpheme", "vulgar" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "audio": "De-arsch-.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9d/De-arsch-.ogg/De-arsch-.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/De-arsch-.ogg" } ], "word": "arsch-" }
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