hübsch

Signification (Anglais)

pretty, handsome

Concepts

joli

beau

mignon

bath

sympa

joliment

gentil

belle

ravissant

bon

sympathique

jolie

bien

gentiment

magnifique

plaisant

élégant

très bien

coquet

avenant

chouette

mignonne

attrayant

bel

astucieusement

avec ruse

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hʏpʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle High German hübesch (“courtly”), from the root of modern Hof (“court”). Cognate with Yiddish היפּש (hipsh).
The term was probably borrowed into written Middle High German from Middle Dutch hovesch via West Central German, in which process the Central German -v- was hypercorrectly replaced with -b-. The somewhat younger Middle High German hövesch, in line with hof (“court”), led to modern höfisch (“courtly”). For the semantic and phonetic development of this complex compare also Dutch hoofs (“courtly”) and heus (“polite; genuine”), Ripuarian Central Franconian höösch (“careful, slow”).