achenebbisj
Dutch
Alternative forms
- aggenebbisj, ochenebbish, oggenebbisj
Etymology
From ach + -e- + nebbisj, from Yiddish נעביש (nebish), from נעבעך (nebekh, “poor, unfortunate”), from a Slavic language. Compare English nebbish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɑ.xəˈnɛ.bəʃ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ache‧neb‧bisj
Inflection
| Inflection of achenebbisj | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | achenebbisj | |||
| inflected | achenebbisj | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | achenebbisj | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | achenebbisj | ||
| n. sing. | achenebbisj | |||
| plural | achenebbisj | |||
| definite | achenebbisj | |||
| partitive | achenebbisj | |||
Noun
achenebbisj c (uncountable)
- (Amsterdam, informal) someone or something that causes pity
- (Amsterdam, informal) something no longer worth seeing
- Het Rembrandtplein is achenebbisj geworden.
- The Rembrandtplein has gone to the dogs.
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