Dusel

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German. Related to dösen (to doze).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈduːzəl/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Dusel m (strong, genitive Dusels, no plural)

  1. undeserved luck, fortune
  2. (now less common) dizziness; also: tipsiness
    • 1982, Gudrun Embacher, Der Narr Wohlgemuth, Berg / Starnberger See: Hohenstaufen Verlag, →ISBN, pages 100–101:
      Damit die Sache doch endlich vorwärtsgehe, schrillte schon ein ungeduldiges Marktweib hinauf: spring schon, du Döskopp! – und meinte den Trinker in seinem weinerlichen Dusel, und sein böses Gebrammel fiel wie Schmutz herab auf den Platz.
      In order to provide for the matter to proceed, some patienceless fishwife skirled upwards: oi jump, dozeman! – and meant the drinker in his lachrymose state of inebriation, and his ill harumphing tumbled upon the place like soil.

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Dusel” in Duden online
  • Dusel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Dusel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Plautdietsch

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Noun

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Dusel m (plural Dusels)

  1. moron
  2. sleepy head
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