Feminine
Meaning
- (feminine) bottle; flask; flagon
- (feminine, informal) loser; wimp; someone lacking skill or vigour
Concepts
Synonyms
Saugflasche
Riemscheibe
Seilscheibe
Windei
Loser
Schawele
Säuglingsflasche
Schoppe
Deckelkrug
Lulli
Pfeifenheini
Schmächtling
Flabes
Schoppe
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Aargau
guttere
Basel-Landschaft
budällie
Basel-Landschaft
fläsche
Basel-Landschaft
guttere
Basel-Landschaft
kolbe
Basel-Landschaft
schleegel
Basel-Landschaft
wäntele
St. Gallen
gùttara
St. Gallen
schlööntara
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈflaʃə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German flasche, from Old High German flasca (“bottle”), from Proto-West Germanic *flaskā, from Proto-Germanic *flaskǭ (“bottle”), from *flehtaną (“to plait, braid”), from the practice of plaiting or wrapping bottles in straw casing. Cognate to English flask. Doublet of Fiasko and Flakon.
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