sauer
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German sūr, from Old High German sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros.
Cognate to Low German suur, Dutch zuur, English sour, Danish sur, Swedish sur.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsauer (strong nominative masculine singular saurer or (uncommon) sauerer, not comparable)
- sour; acid; acidic
- 1876, Charles Brown, Süße und sauere Butter, in: Baltische Wochenschrift für Landwirthschaft, Gewerbfleiß und Handel. Vierzehnter Jahrgang. 1876. No. 45, column 640:
- [...] diese Butter ist einfach ein Product der gewöhnlichen Kuhmilch, unterscheidet sich aber hauptsächlich von der gewöhnlich producirten saueren Butter durch größere Haltbarkeit und feineren Geschmack.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1876, Charles Brown, Süße und sauere Butter, in: Baltische Wochenschrift für Landwirthschaft, Gewerbfleiß und Handel. Vierzehnter Jahrgang. 1876. No. 45, column 640:
- (informal) upset; annoyed; angry [with auf (+ accusative) ‘with someone’]
- Meine Kollegen sehen immer sehr sauer aus, wenn ich komme.
- My colleagues always look very salty when I arrive.
- Synonym: (formal) verärgert
- (informal, rather rare) unpleasant
- eine saure Erfahrung ― an unpleasant experience
- 1834, Johann Nepomuck Schneid, Kurze und leichtfaßliche Ermahnungsreden auf die Festtage des Herrn und seiner heiligen Mutter, seiner Pfarrgemeinde vorgetragen, page 23:
- Es ist das freilich ein sauerer und harter Gang, aber noch sauerer, noch härter wird es seyn, wenn es einmal heißen wird: Gehet hin ihr Unreine, ihr Ungerechte, ihr Geizige, ihr Zänkische – gehet hin ihr Ungehorsame in das ewige Feuer! –
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2002, Jürgen Bellers, Politische Ökonomie der Medien, page 114:
- Warum sollen wir uns das Leben noch sauerer machen, als es schon ist?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Synonym: unangenehm
Declension
edit1Uncommon.
Derived terms
editSee also
editBasic tastes in German (layout · text) | |||||
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süß | sauer | salzig | bitter | scharf | herzhaft |
Further reading
edit- “sauer” in Duden online
- “sauer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “sauer”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hunsrik
editEtymology
editInherited from Central Franconian souer, from Middle High German sūr, from Old High German sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz.[1]
Cognate with German sauer and Luxembourgish sauer.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsauer (comparative saurer, superlative sauerst)
Declension
editDeclension of sauer (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | sauer | sauer | sauer | sauere |
accusative | sauere | sauer | sauer | sauere | |
dative | sauere | sauere | sauere | sauere | |
Strong inflection | nominative | sauerer | sauere | saueres | sauere |
accusative | sauere | sauere | saueres | sauere | |
dative | sauerem | sauerer | sauerem | sauere |
Derived terms
editSee also
edit(tastes) Geschmack; bitter, salsich, sauer, sies (Category: hrx:Taste)
References
edit- ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “sauer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary][1] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 138
Luxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German sūr, from Old High German sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros.
Cognate with German sauer, English sour, Dutch zuur, Icelandic súr.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsauer (masculine saueren, neuter sauert, comparative méi sauer, superlative am sauersten)
- sour
- Dës Zitroune si ganz sauer.
- These lemons are very sour.
Declension
editnumber and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass sauer | si ass sauer | et ass sauer | si si(nn) sauer | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | saueren | sauer | sauert | sauer |
independent without determiner | saueres | sauerer | |||
dative | after any declined word | saueren | sauerer | saueren | saueren |
as first declined word | sauerem | sauerem |
See also
editMiddle English
editNoun
editsauer
- Alternative form of sowere
Norwegian Bokmål
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsauer m
- indefinite plural of sau
Norwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editsauer m
- indefinite plural of sau
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