Unflat

German

Etymology

From Middle High German unvlāt, unvlāte,[1] from Old High German *unflāt, from Proto-West Germanic *unflādi (“impurity, dirt, filth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʊnflaːt/
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Noun

Unflat m (strong, genitive Unflates or Unflats, plural Unfläte)

  1. filth
  2. (vulgar, offensive) disgusting person

Declension

Declension of Unflat [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Unflat die Unfläte
genitive eines des Unflates, Unflats der Unfläte
dative einem dem Unflat, Unflate1 den Unfläten
accusative einen den Unflat die Unfläte

1Now rare, see notes.

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Unflat”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 750

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