igitt

Meaning

an exclamation of disgust: yuck!, ew!, phew!, ugh!

Synonyms

eckelig

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/iˈɡɪt/
Etymology

19th century, of northern German origin. Probably a minced oath/veiled use of a phrase like o Gott (“oh God!”), compare oh God. Or, an extended form of (the presumably imitative) ih (“ew, yuck”) possibly influenced by the former.

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