Schlauch
Meaning
- (masculine,strong) hose, tube (flexible pipe)
- (masculine,strong) waterskin, wineskin (flexible container for liquids)
- (colloquial,masculine,strong) a long and narrow room or flat
- (Austria,colloquial,masculine,strong) potbelly, paunch (protruding belly)
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃlaʊ̯x/
Etymology
From Middle High German slūch (“waterskin, snakeskin, slough”). Immediately cognate with Old Saxon slūk, also related with English slough. From the same root as schlüpfen (“to hatch, slip”).
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