Sexappeal
German
editAlternative forms
edit- (alternative standard) Sex-Appeal, (now nonstandard) Sex Appeal
Etymology
editEarlier 20th century, borrowed from English sex appeal.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈsɛks.ɛˌpiːl/, [ˈsɛks.ʔɛˌpiːl], [-ʔe-], [ˈsɛk.seˌpiːl], [-sə-], (chiefly dated) /ˈzɛks-/
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Noun
editSexappeal m (strong, genitive Sexappeals, no plural)
- sex appeal
- 1938, Georg Witkowski, “Von Menschen und Büchern – Erinnerungen 1863-1933”, in Oliver Simons, editor, Deutsche Autobiographien 1690-1930, published 2004, page 74905:
- Sie galt für schön, hatte jedoch nur einen überaus starken Sex Appeal, durch den sie außer meinem Bruder noch viele Männer an sich gefesselt hat, verbunden mit irischer Beweglichkeit des Geistes und zähem Egoismus.
- She was considered beautiful, but actually had only an extremely strong sex appeal, by which she chained to herself many other men besides my brother and which was accompanied by Irish agility of mind and tenacious selfishness.
Declension
editDeclension of Sexappeal [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Further reading
edit- “Sexappeal” in Duden online