Kanaille
German
Alternative forms
- Canaille
Etymology
Borrowed from French canaille.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈnaljə/
(file)
- IPA(key): /kaˈnaɪ̯ə/ (Austria)
Noun
Kanaille f (genitive Kanaille, plural Kanaillen)
- (formerly derogatory, now dated and usually humorous) scoundrel, rascal, (also) someone extravagant, excentric
- Na, du alte Kanaille! ― Well, well, you rascal
- Der Typ ist echt so’ne Kanaille... ― That guy is positively excentric...
- (archaic, collective) mob, vermin, canaille
- 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks […] , Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, OCLC 72614589, page 182:
- Aber er strafte sich selber Lügen, indem er plötzlich hervorzischte: »Parbleu, Jean! man müßte diesen infamen Schmierfinken den Respekt mit Pulver und Blei in den Leib knallen … Das Pack …! Die Canaille …!«
- But he gave the lie to himself by suddenly hissing out: "Parbleu, Jean! one would have to pound respect with powder and lead in these infamous greases ... The pack ...! The canaille ...!"
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Declension
Declension of Kanaille [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Kanaille | die | Kanaillen |
genitive | einer | der | Kanaille | der | Kanaillen |
dative | einer | der | Kanaille | den | Kanaillen |
accusative | eine | die | Kanaille | die | Kanaillen |
Derived terms
- Journaille
Further reading
- “Kanaille” in Duden online
- Canaille, Kanaille at Google Ngram Viewer