Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “vec castrào, castrón "castrated"?”)

Noun edit

kastràun m (Sette Comuni)

  1. ram (male sheep)
    Synonym: béllo
  2. stubborn person
    Ar ist an gàntzar kastràun.He is a very stubborn man.

Further reading edit

  • “kastràun” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo