Missingsch

German

Alternative forms
  • Messingsch

Etymology

Uncertain. According to various theories, the term might be related to

  • Messing (“brass”), cp. the alternative form Messingsch and the synonym Messingsprache
  • meißnisch (“Misnian”), Middle Low German Misnisch (Mysnisch)
  • mischen (“(to) mix”), Low German mischen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmɪsɪŋʃ]
  • Hyphenation: Mis‧singsch
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. Missingsch, a dialect of High German with significant Low German influence
    Synonym: Messingsprache

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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