garstig

== Dutch == === Etymology === From garst (“rancid or foul taste or smell”) +‎ -ig (“-y”), of uncertain ultimate origin, see German garstig below. There could also be a relation with Old Irish goirt (“sour, bitter”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɣɑrstəx/ === Adjective === garstig (comparative garstiger, superlative garstigst) rancid, smelly ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: gastrik, garstig, gastrig === References === == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German garst, from Old High German garst (“foul taste”), of uncertain origin. -ig Kluge compares Latin fastidium (“disgust, loathing”) or horridus (“rude, rough”), while Pokorny suggests a derivation from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaʁstɪç/ (Germany) IPA(key): /ˈɡaʁstɪk/ (Austria, Southern Germany) Hyphenation: gars‧tig; pre-1996: gar‧stig === Adjective === garstig (strong nominative masculine singular garstiger, comparative garstiger, superlative am garstigsten) rude, nasty, beastly rancid, foul ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Garstigkeit === References === === Further reading === “garstig” in Duden online “garstig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache