ranzig

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Initially in the spelling ranstig, borrowed from Middle FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from Middle French#RANZIGCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle French#RANZIG rance + -igCategory:Dutch terms suffixed with -ig#RANZIG, from LatinCategory:Dutch terms derived from Latin#RANZIG rancidus (rancid). The current spelling, attested since the late eighteenth century, may have been influenced from GermanCategory:Dutch terms derived from German#RANZIG ranzig, attested since the early eighteenth century, from Dutch ranstig, though this is disputed.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

ranzig (comparative ranziger, superlative ranzigst)Category:Dutch lemmas#RANZIGCategory:Dutch adjectives#RANZIGCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#RANZIGCategory:Pages with entries#RANZIGCategory:Pages with 2 entries#RANZIG

  1. rancid, disgusting
    Synonym: rans
  2. (colloquialCategory:Dutch colloquialisms#RANZIG) dirty, unclean, gross

Declension

Declension of ranzig
uninflected ranzig
inflected ranzige
comparative ranziger
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial ranzigranzigerhet ranzigst
het ranzigste
indefinite m./f. sing. ranzigeranzigereranzigste
n. sing. ranzigranzigerranzigste
plural ranzigeranzigereranzigste
definite ranzigeranzigereranzigste
partitive ranzigsranzigers

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Papiamentu: rans

References

  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “ranzig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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German

Etymology

Borrowed from DutchCategory:German terms borrowed from Dutch#RANZIGCategory:German terms derived from Dutch#RANZIG ransig

Pronunciation

Adjective

ranzig (strong nominative masculine singular ranziger, comparative ranziger, superlative am ranzigsten)Category:German lemmas#RANZIGCategory:German adjectives#RANZIGCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#RANZIGCategory:Pages with entries#RANZIGCategory:Pages with 2 entries#RANZIG

  1. rancid
    ranziges Öl.rancid oil.Category:German terms with usage examples#RANZIG
    ranziges Fett.rancid fat.Category:German terms with usage examples#RANZIG
    ranzige Butter.rancid butter.Category:German terms with usage examples#RANZIG

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ranzig” in Duden online
  • ranzig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German)
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