Dolmetsch

German

Etymology

See the main lemma.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔlmɛtʃ/
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Noun

Dolmetsch m (strong, genitive Dolmetsches or Dolmetschs, plural Dolmetsche)

  1. (Austria, otherwise archaic) Alternative form of Dolmetscher (“interpreter”)
    • 2017, Mikhail Bulgakov, chapter 15, in Alexander Nitzberg, transl., Meister und Margarita, Galiani:
      –Jawohl, Hexerei–, sagte Nikanor Iwanowitsch schüchtern, ob zum Künstler oder zum dunklen Saal gewandt, und erklärte sich: –Finstre Mächte. Vom karierten Dolmetsch untergeschoben.
      "That's right, they were magic ones," said Nikanor Ivanovich timidly, addressing no one in particular but adding: "an evil spirit, that interpreter in a check suit planted them on me." (translated by Michael Glenny, Collins and Harville Press, London, 1967)

Declension

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