ranzig

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • ransig
  • ranstig (dialectal, Southern Dutch)

Etymology

Initially in the spelling ranstig, borrowed from Middle French rance + -ig, from Latin rancidus (rancid). The current spelling, attested since the late eighteenth century, may have been influenced from German ranzig, attested since the early eighteenth century, from Dutch ranstig, though this is disputed.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɑn.zəx/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: ran‧zig

Adjective

ranzig (comparative ranziger, superlative ranzigst)

  1. rancid, disgusting
  2. (colloquial) dirty, unclean

Inflection

Inflection 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

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ranzigheid

Descendants

  • Papiamentu: rans

References

  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

ranzig (strong nominative masculine singular ranziger, comparative ranziger, superlative am ranzigsten)

  1. rancid
    ranziges Öl.rancid oil.
    ranziges Fett.rancid fat.
    ranzige Butter.rancid butter.

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ranzig” in Duden online
  • ranzig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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