See sau- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "saublöd"
},
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},
{
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"word": "saudumm"
},
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"word": "saufrech"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "saugut"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"word": "saukomisch"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Sau (“sow, female pig”). Compare schweine-. Further also hunde- or hunds-, from Hund (“dog”).",
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"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "prefix",
"senses": [
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"text": "sau- + teuer (“expensive”) → sauteuer (“very expensive”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "sau- + geil (“cool, awesome”) → saugeil (“very cool”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Intensifies adjectives."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) Intensifies adjectives."
],
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"word": "arsch-"
},
{
"word": "schweine-"
}
],
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"colloquial",
"morpheme"
]
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{
"text": "sau- + Wetter (“weather”) → Sauwetter (“terrible weather”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "sau- + Arbeit (“work”) → Sauarbeit (“unpleasant work”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Creates disparaging or pejorative forms of nouns."
],
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"derogatory",
"derogatory"
]
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"(colloquial, derogatory) Creates disparaging or pejorative forms of nouns."
],
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"morpheme"
]
}
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/zaʊ̯/"
},
{
"ipa": "[z-]"
},
{
"ipa": "[s-]",
"tags": [
"Southern",
"also"
]
},
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"word": "sau-"
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"German informal derogatory intensifying prefixes",
"German intensifiers",
"German lemmas",
"German prefixes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"derived": [
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"word": "saublöd"
},
{
"word": "saudoof"
},
{
"word": "saudumm"
},
{
"word": "saufrech"
},
{
"word": "saugut"
},
{
"word": "saukomisch"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Sau (“sow, female pig”). Compare schweine-. Further also hunde- or hunds-, from Hund (“dog”).",
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"1": "de",
"2": "prefix"
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],
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"pos": "prefix",
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"examples": [
{
"text": "sau- + teuer (“expensive”) → sauteuer (“very expensive”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "sau- + geil (“cool, awesome”) → saugeil (“very cool”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Intensifies adjectives."
],
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"(colloquial) Intensifies adjectives."
],
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{
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},
{
"word": "schweine-"
}
],
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"colloquial",
"morpheme"
]
},
{
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"German colloquialisms",
"German derogatory terms"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "sau- + Wetter (“weather”) → Sauwetter (“terrible weather”)",
"type": "example"
},
{
"text": "sau- + Arbeit (“work”) → Sauarbeit (“unpleasant work”)",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"Creates disparaging or pejorative forms of nouns."
],
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],
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"(colloquial, derogatory) Creates disparaging or pejorative forms of nouns."
],
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"colloquial",
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"morpheme"
]
}
],
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},
{
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},
{
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}
],
"word": "sau-"
}
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