jemandem Saures geben

German

Etymology

Literally, “to give someone the sour”. However, Saures is not related to sauer (“sour”), but a malapropism of Zores (“tsuris”), from Yiddish צרות‎ (tsores), plural of צרה‎ (tsore, “trouble, problem”), from Hebrew צָרָה‎ (tsará, “trouble, tragedy, calamity”). Compare Dutch sores.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjeːmandəm ˈzaʊ̯ʁəs ˈɡeːbən/

Verb

jemandem Saures geben (class 5 strong, third-person singular present gibt jemandem Saures, past tense gab jemandem Saures, past participle jemandem Saures gegeben, past subjunctive gäbe jemandem Saures, auxiliary haben)

  1. (idiomatic) to let someone have it

Conjugation

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