Chat

Plausch ( plaʊ̯ʃ ) is a synonym for “ fun ” or “social gathering” in the sense of a party in Swiss High German . The Duden volume on Swiss High German uses the term in the meaning of "pleasure, fun". The term is also used in Austria and southern Germany and means "cozy entertainment" there. It can mean a gathering for informal conversation among friends, acquaintances or like-minded people, such as a coffee chat .

etymology

The word Plausch is a noun from plausche [n], which means «to chat », and older also «to articulate poorly, to speak indistinctly, awkwardly». The word learned over time an amelioration , and the negative connotation is now almost completely disappeared. Today the verb has the same meaning and connotation as chat in Austria and southern Germany ; in Switzerland, however, it is hardly used any more. You may have chat and talk the same origin in the late Middle High German onomatopoeic verb plūdern, the diphthongization of / u / to / au / a Bavarian refers origin of the word.

In Switzerland was fun synonymous with "fun" and "pleasure" and is used in formulations such as the chat who "have fun" or compositions as fun tournament "fun tournament" (tournament where the pleasure is in the foreground and not the seriousness of sporting competition). In addition, the word is increasingly used in combinations such as spaghetti fun , barbecue fun or bathing fun to mean "party".

Web links

Wiktionary: Plausch - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

^ Hans Bickel , Christoph Landolt : Swiss High German. Dictionary of the standard language in German-speaking Switzerland. 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition, published by the Swiss Association for the German Language. Dudenverlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-411-70418-7 , p. 64.

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ulrich Ammon and others: German dictionary of variants . The standard language in Austria, Switzerland and Germany as well as in Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, East Belgium and South Tyrol. Verlag Walter de Gruyter 2004, ISBN 3-11-016574-0 , p. 579 ( digitized version ).

↑ ^a ^b Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Volume V, Column 161, article Ge-plausch und plausche ⁿ

↑ Kluge. Etymological dictionary of the German language . Edited by Elmar Seebold. 25th, revised and expanded edition. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2011, p. 711

[duden-1] Hans Bickel , Christoph Landolt : Swiss High German. Dictionary of the standard language in German-speaking Switzerland. 2nd, completely revised and expanded edition, published by the Swiss Association for the German Language. Dudenverlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-411-70418-7 , p. 64.

[ammon-2] Ulrich Ammon and others: German dictionary of variants . The standard language in Austria, Switzerland and Germany as well as in Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, East Belgium and South Tyrol. Verlag Walter de Gruyter 2004, ISBN 3-11-016574-0 , p. 579 ( digitized version ).

[idiotikon-3] Schweizerisches Idiotikon , Volume V, Column 161, article Ge-plausch und plausche ⁿ

[4] Kluge. Etymological dictionary of the German language . Edited by Elmar Seebold. 25th, revised and expanded edition. De Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2011, p. 711