abgeschmackthet

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

abgeschmackt +‎ -het, first part from German abgeschmackt (“outrageous, tasteless, vulgar”), from earlier abgeschmack (“outrageous, tasteless, vulgar”), equivalent to both ab-, from German ab (“from”), from Middle High German ab, from Old High German ab (“of”), from Proto-Germanic *ab (“away, away from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”) + and Geschmack (“taste, flavour”), from Old High German gismac, gismah, smac from Proto-Germanic *smakkuz (“taste, savour, smatch, flavour”), from Proto-Indo-European *smeg- (“taste”), and -t (“-ed”). Last part from Middle Low German -hēt, -heit, from Old Saxon -hēd, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“manner, way; state”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-, *(s)keydʰ- (“clear, bright, shining”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /apɡəˈʃmaktheːt/

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• Rhymes: -eːt
• Hyphenation: ab‧ge‧schmackt‧het

Noun

abgeschmackthet m (definite singular abgeschmacktheten, indefinite plural abgeschmacktheter, definite plural abgeschmackthetene)

1. (literary, obsolete) tastelessness (the quality, state, or characteristic of being tasteless)
   • 1990, Halfdan Kjerulf, Halfdan Kjerulfs dagbøker for årene 1833, 1840, 1850, 1851, page 110:

     [man] faar da ei regne det saa nøie om der komme endeel abgeschmacktheder fore som modesmagen kræver som offer

     [one] then does not have to count it so carefully if there are some tastelessnesses ahead as the fashion taste demands as a sacrifice

References

• “abgeschmackthet” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).