garstig

Meaning

  1. rude, nasty, beastly
  2. rancid, foul

Frequency

46k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

pfuudig

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

un’groote

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡaʁstɪç/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German garst, from Old High German garst (“foul taste”), of uncertain origin. -ig Kluge compares Latin fastidium (“disgust, loathing”) or horridus (“rude, rough”), while Pokorny suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”).

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