Sushi

See also: sushi, sùshí, and sūshi

English

Noun

Sushi (plural Sushis)

  1. (informal) A person who typifies a mixture of Shiism and Sunnism
    • 2007, Francis X. Callahan, Does W Stand for Worst?: The Record of G.W. Bush - Page 160
      Then there are the "Sushi" neighborhoods and towns - a mixture of some Sunni, some Shia, hence Sushi
    • 2007, John Palattella, Reporting Iraq - Page 173
      ... particularly from the Sunnis you talked to, and the Shias were always angry. (Ali calls himself Sushi so it's kind of a mixture.)
    • 2010, Paul Wilson, Erasing Iraq: the human costs of carnage - Page 34
      Reality proved quite different. Ahmed is half Sunni, half Shia—a “Sushi,” in his own words

Anagrams

German
Sushi

Alternative forms
  • Suschi (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese すし (sushi).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzuːʃi/, /ˈsuːʃi/
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Noun

Sushi n (strong, genitive Sushis or Sushi, plural Sushis or Sushi)

  1. sushi (Japanese dish)

Declension
Declension of Sushi [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Sushi die Sushis, Sushi
genitive eines des Sushis, Sushi der Sushis, Sushi
dative einem dem Sushi den Sushis, Sushi
accusative ein das Sushi die Sushis, Sushi

Further reading
  • “Sushi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Sushi” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Sushi” in Duden online
  • Sushi on the Vietnamese Wikipedia.Wikipedia vi
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