großkotzig

German

Etymology

According to the Kluge, the word is first attested in Berlin's 19th c. Hochsprache as an adjective synonymous with 'he who wins a pissing contest'.

According to the Duden, the substantive Großkotz (a bighead, a cocky person) came first and out of Yiddish's גרױסקצין‎ (groyskotsn, a filthy rich person or a pompous git), derived in its turn from קָצִין‎ (katsín, a leader or officer), of uncertain etymology but perhaps related to קצה (end or tip) in the sense of 'end of the chain of command in the army'.

Adjective

großkotzig (comparative großkotziger, superlative am großkotzigsten)

  1. Exaggeratedly generous

Declension

References

  • מילון כיס דו לשוני עברי-גרמני גרמני-עברי כולל תעתיק מלא / Zweisprachiges Taschenwörterbuch Deutsch-Hebräisch Hebräisch-Deutsch mit vollständiger Transliteration,פרולוג מוציאים לאור בע״מ / Prolog Verlag GmbH, Israel 2006, p. 180. →ISBN
  • https://www.dwds.de/wb/großkotzig
  • Duden: Großes Wörterbuch, 1st vol., p. 1595
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