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punsch

See also: Punsch

English edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Swedish punsch, from English punch.

Noun edit

punsch (uncountable)

  1. A Swedish fruit liqueur based on Batavia arrack, neutral spirits, and flavorings.
    Synonym: Swedish punsch
    • 2017, Gunilla Anderman, Europe on Stage: Translation and Theatre‎[1], Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
      Strindberg's as well as Ibsen's characters indulge in a glass of ‘punsch’, the arrak-based drink popular in Scandinavia during the latter part of the nineteenth century.
    • 2018, Rick Steves, Rick Steves Scandinavia‎[2], Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      A popular drink here is punsch, a sweet fruit liqueur. Stately old buildings sometimes have punsch-verandas, little glassed-in upstairs porches where people traditionally would imbibe and chat.

Further reading edit

Spanish edit

Noun edit

punsch m (plural punschs)

  1. punch (beverage)

Swedish edit

 
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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English punch, from Sanskrit पञ्चन् (pañcan), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

punsch c

  1. punsch (liqueur based on arrack, neutral spirits and flavorings)

Usage notes edit

  • Sometimes inaccurately translated into English as punch, which is a false friend-type error, although the words apparently have a common origin.

Declension edit

Declension of punsch 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative punsch punschen — —
Genitive punschs punschens — —

Derived terms edit

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