Unke

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German unke (“snake, basilisk”), from Old High German unc (“snake”), from Proto-Germanic *unkwô, *unkwiz (“snake, adder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂n̥gʷʰ-, variant of *h₂éngʷʰis (compare Latin anguis, Lithuanian angi̇̀s). The sense may have been influenced by obsolete Eutze ‘toad’ (modern Bavarian Hötsch). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʊŋkə/ Hyphenation: Un‧ke === Noun === Unke f (genitive Unke, plural Unken) fire-bellied toad (genus Bombina). Synonym: (archaic) Feuerkröte (colloquial, derogatory) pessimist, doomsayer Synonyms: Schwarzseher, Schwarzmaler ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: unke === Further reading === “Unke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Unke” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Unke” in Duden online “Unke” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. Unke on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de