Kurschatten

German

Etymology

From Kur (“cure, stay at a health resort”) +‎ Schatten (“shadow; someone who follows or escorts another continuously”). Health resorts are considered fertile ground for affairs because people usually go there unaccompanied (besides other possible factors).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːrˌʃatən/, [ˈku(ː)ɐ̯ˌʃa.tn̩]

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• Hyphenation: Kur‧schat‧ten
• Rhymes: -atn̩

Noun

Kurschatten m (strong, genitive Kurschattens, plural Kurschatten)

1. an acquaintance or (most often) erotic affair that one meets during a stay at a health resort or other medical facility

Declension

Declension of Kurschatten [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kurschatten	die	Kurschatten
genitive	eines	des	Kurschattens	der	Kurschatten
dative	einem	dem	Kurschatten	den	Kurschatten
accusative	einen	den	Kurschatten	die	Kurschatten