Sündenbabel
German (Berlin)
/ˈzʏndənˌbaːbəl/
noun
Definitions
- a city rife with hedonism or sin, particularly of sexual nature; sink of iniquity
Etymology
Compound from German Sünde (sin) + German Babel (Babel, Babylon).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Babel
Gloss
Babel, Babylon
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Babel German
- Modesünde German
- Sünde German
- Sündenfall German
- Sündenpfuhl German
- Sünder German
- Sündopfer German
- Todsünde German
- Ursünde German
- sieben Todsünden German
- sündhaft German
- sündig German
- sündteuer German
- sunta Old High German