Schmutziger Donnerstag
German edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Alemannic German Schmutzige Dunschtig. Although cognate with Standard German schmutzig (“dirty”), the meaning of the Alemannic term is "fatty, greasy".
Noun edit
Schmutziger Donnerstag m (genitive Schmutzigen Donnerstags, plural Schmutzige Donnerstage)
- Fat Thursday (the last Thursday before Lent)