punsch

See also: Punsch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish punsch, from English punch.

Noun

punsch (uncountable)

  1. A Swedish fruit liqueur based on Batavia arrack, neutral spirits, and flavorings.
    Synonym: Swedish punsch
    • 2017, Gunilla Anderman, Europe on Stage: Translation and Theatre, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:
      Strindberg's as well as Ibsen's characters indulge in a glass of ‘punsch’, the arrak-based drink popular in Scandinavia during the latter part of the nineteenth century.
    • 2018, Rick Steves, Rick Steves Scandinavia, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      A popular drink here is punsch, a sweet fruit liqueur. Stately old buildings sometimes have punsch-verandas, little glassed-in upstairs porches where people traditionally would imbibe and chat.

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Spanish

Noun

punsch m (plural punschs)

  1. punch (beverage)

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English punch, from Sanskrit पञ्चन् (pañcan), from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɵnɧ/
  • Rhymes: -ɵnɧ

Noun

punsch c

  1. punsch (liqueur based on arrack, neutral spirits and flavorings)

Usage notes

  • Sometimes inaccurately translated into English as punch, which is a false friend-type error, although the words apparently have a common origin.

Declension

Declension of punsch 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative punsch punschen
Genitive punschs punschens

Derived terms

References

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