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Wo leitet sich das verstärkende Präfix “stink-” her?
Erst in neuerer Zeit findet man das verstärkende Präfix "stink-" zu verschiedenen Adjektiven:
stinksauer
stinkreich
stinknormal
...und noch viele mehr.
Ist etwas darüber bekannt, woher dieses ...
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What's so bad about dogs?
In colloquial German we often use the prefix "hunds-" or "hunde-" to aggravate a negative attribute from various adjectives, e.g.
hundsgemein
hundeelend
hundemüde
This painting by ...
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What is the original meaning of the augmentative “stock-”?
For several adjectives we can build an augmentative by adding the prefix "stock-"
Gestern Nacht war es hier stockfinster.
Stocksteif bleib er stehen und bewegte sich nicht von der Stelle.
Hans ...
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What's the “more correct” term — “achronologisch” or “antichronologisch”?
Which of the two is the "correct" form, or are both correct? Do they mean the same? Or is there a subtle distinction between anti- and a-?
Edit: replaced the English terms by the German ones, sorry.
