Jauche

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German juche, from a Slavic language, from Proto-Slavic *jūxà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *jáušāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *yowHs-ó-s, from *yúHs. Compare Lower Sorbian jucha, Polish jucha, and Serbo-Croatian juha. Doublet of Jus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjaʊ̯xə/

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• Hyphenation: Jau‧che

Noun

Jauche f (genitive Jauche, plural Jauchen)

1. liquid manure

   Synonyms: Gülle, Puddel

2. (agriculture) plant-based slurry used as a fertilizer
3. (by extension) bad, foul-smelling liquid

Declension

Declension of Jauche [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Jauche	die	Jauchen
genitive	einer	der	Jauche	der	Jauchen
dative	einer	der	Jauche	den	Jauchen
accusative	eine	die	Jauche	die	Jauchen

Further reading

• “Jauche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Jauche” in Duden online
• “Jauche”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Jauche” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon