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
- IPA(key): /ˈrɑn.zəx/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#RANZIG
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#RANZIGAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: ran‧zig
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
- rancid, disgusting
- Synonym: rans
- (colloquialCategory:Dutch colloquialisms#RANZIG) dirty, unclean, gross
Declension
| Declension of ranzig | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | ranzig | |||
| inflected | ranzige | |||
| comparative | ranziger | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | ranzig | ranziger | het ranzigst het ranzigste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | ranzige | ranzigere | ranzigste |
| n. sing. | ranzig | ranziger | ranzigste | |
| plural | ranzige | ranzigere | ranzigste | |
| definite | ranzige | ranzigere | ranzigste | |
| partitive | ranzigs | ranzigers | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: rans
References
- ↑ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “ranzig”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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
- 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
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
| predicative | er ist ranzig | sie ist ranzig | es ist ranzig | sie sind ranzig | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | ranziger | ranzige | ranziges | ranzige |
| genitive | ranzigen | ranziger | ranzigen | ranziger | |
| dative | ranzigem | ranziger | ranzigem | ranzigen | |
| accusative | ranzigen | ranzige | ranziges | ranzige | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der ranzige | die ranzige | das ranzige | die ranzigen |
| genitive | des ranzigen | der ranzigen | des ranzigen | der ranzigen | |
| dative | dem ranzigen | der ranzigen | dem ranzigen | den ranzigen | |
| accusative | den ranzigen | die ranzige | das ranzige | die ranzigen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein ranziger | eine ranzige | ein ranziges | (keine) ranzigen |
| genitive | eines ranzigen | einer ranzigen | eines ranzigen | (keiner) ranzigen | |
| dative | einem ranzigen | einer ranzigen | einem ranzigen | (keinen) ranzigen | |
| accusative | einen ranzigen | eine ranzige | ein ranziges | (keine) ranzigen | |