Geschmack
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old High German gismac, gismah, smac from Proto-West Germanic *smakku.
Cognate with Dutch smaak, English smack, smatch, Swedish smak, Danish smag.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Geschmack m (strong, genitive Geschmacks or Geschmackes, plural Geschmäcker or (now rare) Geschmäcke)
- taste
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 19:
- Die eigenen Zimmer hatten sich die Enkel nach persönlichem Geschmack eingerichtet.
- The grandchildren had furnished their own rooms according to their personal taste.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 19:
- flavour
- (Switzerland) smell, odor
Usage notes
[edit]- Some dictionaries still label the plural Geschmäcker as colloquial. In practice, however, this form has been predominant in all registers since the 1980s, while the older form Geschmäcke has become quite rare.[1]
Declension
[edit]Declension of Geschmack [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Geschmack | die | Geschmäcker, Geschmäcke2 |
genitive | eines | des | Geschmacks, Geschmackes | der | Geschmäcker, Geschmäcke2 |
dative | einem | dem | Geschmack, Geschmacke1 | den | Geschmäckern, Geschmäcken2 |
accusative | einen | den | Geschmack | die | Geschmäcker, Geschmäcke2 |
1Now rare, see notes.
2Now rare.
Hyponyms
[edit]- Abgeschmack
- Allerweltsgeschmack (“basic taste”)
- Beigeschmack
- Dillgeschmack
- Eigengeschmack
- Erdbeergeschmack (“strawberry flavor”)
- Firngeschmack
- Fischgeschmack
- Fremdgeschmack
- Fruchtgeschmack (“fruit flavor”)
- Grundgeschmack
- Käsegeschmack (“cheese taste, cheese flavor”)
- Knoblauchgeschmack (“garlic taste”)
- Massengeschmack
- Metallgeschmack
- Modegeschmack
- Musikgeschmack
- Muskatgeschmack (“nutmeg flavor”)
- Nachgeschmack
- Nebengeschmack
- Petersiliengeschmack (“parsley flavor”)
- Pfefferminzgeschmack (“peppermint flavor”)
- Publikumsgeschmack
- Salzgeschmack (“salty flavor”)
- Schokoladengeschmack (“chocolate flavor”)
- Senfgeschmack (“mustard taste”)
- Vanillegeschmack (“vanilla flavor”)
- Vorgeschmack
- Wohlgeschmack
- Zimtgeschmack (“cinnamon flavor”)
- Zwiebelgeschmack (“onion taste”)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- abgeschmackt
- Geschmacksart
- Geschmacksbezeichnung
- Geschmackseigenschaft
- Geschmackseindruck
- Geschmacksempfindung
- Geschmacksknospe
- Geschmacksmuster
- Geschmacksnerv
- geschmacksneutral
- Geschmacksorgan (“organ of taste”)
- Geschmacksprobe
- Geschmacksqualität
- Geschmacksrichtung
- Geschmackssache
- Geschmackssinn
- Geschmacksstoff
- Geschmacksstörung
- Geschmackstest (“taste test”)
- Geschmacksurteil
- Geschmacksverstärker
- Geschmackswandel
- geschmackvoll
- schmackhaft
- schmecken
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Geschmack” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Geschmack” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Geschmack”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Geschmack” in Duden online
- “Geschmack” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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