Zanksucht

German

Etymology

From Zank (“quarrel, row, argument”) +‎ Sucht (“anxiety; sickness; addiction”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡saŋkzʊxt/
  • Hyphenation: Zank‧sucht
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Noun

Zanksucht f (genitive Zanksucht, plural Zanksüchte)

  1. quarrelsomeness
    Synonym: Streitsucht
    Antonym: Friedfertigkeit

Declension

Derived terms

  • zanksüchtig

Further reading

  • “Zanksucht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Zanksucht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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