Chranket
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Chrankchet
Etymology
From Middle High German krancheit, krankeit. Equivalent to chrank + -het.
Pronunciation
- (Zurich) IPA(key): [xrɑŋkxət]
Noun
Chranket f (plural Chrankete)
- illness, disease
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):
- Nai nai, än aaschtekchendi Chrankchet. Wi si so vorchunt.
- No, no, a contagious disease. The kind that sometimes go round.
- Nai nai, än aaschtekchendi Chrankchet. Wi si so vorchunt.
- 1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript):