lasch

lasch

German

Etymology

    18th century, from Low German lasch, from Middle Low German lasch, las, from Old Saxon *lask, from Proto-West Germanic *laskw, from Proto-Germanic *laskwaz (dull, lax, sluggish, lazy). Likely influenced by French lâche, from Latin laxus.[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /laʃ/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Rhymes: -aʃ

    Adjective

    lasch (strong nominative masculine singular lascher, comparative lascher, superlative am laschesten or am laschsten)

    1. limp, lackadaisical
      Synonyms: schlaff, schlapp
    2. lax, overly lenient
      Synonym: lax
    3. (rare) bland, lacking in taste
      Synonyms: laff, fade

    Declension

    References

    1. ^ Králik, Ľubor (2016), “lážo-plážo”, in Stručný etymologický slovník slovenčiny [Concise Etymological Dictionary of Slovak] (in Slovak), Bratislava: VEDA; JÚĽŠ SAV, →ISBN, page 321

    Further reading

    • lasch”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
    • lasch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon