barsch

harsh, unfriendly

Frequency

24k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

batzig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/barʃ/
Etymology

Borrowed from Low German and Middle Low German barsch (“sharp, pointed, strict (in taste)”), from Old Saxon *barsk, from Proto-Germanic *barskaz, from *barsaz (“bass, perch”).

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