Pechnelke
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- campion
- (colloquial) person who is often unlucky
Etymology
Compound from German Pech (tar, bad luck, pitch) + German Nelke (carnation).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Nelke
Gloss
carnation
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gewürznelke German
- Nelke German
- Nelkenwurz German
- Pech German
- Pechnase German
- Pechvogel German
- pechrabenschwarz German
- pechschwarz German
- pech Hungarian
- pech Dutch, Flemish
- pech Czech
- peh Old High German
- nēgelke Middle Low German
- nēgelke, nēgelke(n) Middle Low German
- nelke Cimbrian