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Schmutziger Donnerstag

German

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Etymology

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Calque of Alemannic German Schmutzige Dunschtig. Although cognate with Standard German schmutzig (“dirty”), the meaning of the Alemannic term is "fatty, greasy".

Noun

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Schmutziger Donnerstag m (genitive Schmutzigen Donnerstags, plural Schmutzige Donnerstage)

  1. Fat Thursday (the last Thursday before Lent)
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