Tausend

Meaning

Teufel

  1. (masculine, singular, singular-only, strong) the Devil, Satan (supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions)
  2. (masculine, strong) a devil, satan (a creature of hell, a demon, a fallen angel)
  3. (masculine, strong) a devil, satan (an evil person)

Concepts

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtaʊ̯zn̩t/
Etymology

Nominalization of tausend. The interjection is short either for potz tausend Teufel (16th century) or for Middle High German tūsentlisteler, later Tausendkünstler (“the devil as a master of a thousand ruses, arts”).

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