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waaghalsig
in Low German
Pronunciation:
/vɔːçhalsɪç/
adjective
Syllabication:
waag·hal·sig
waaghalsiger
waaghalsigst
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Cuxland:
Heinrich Teut:
Hadeler Wörterbuch: der plattdeutsche Wortschatz des Landes Hadeln (Niederelbe).
Wachholtz, 1959, volume 4, page 545
Low Saxon:
riskant
English:
risky
reckless
Dutch:
waaghalzig
waaghalzerig
German:
waghalsig
Examples:
Nu
föhr
doch
nich
so
waaghalsig
!
Etymology:
Compound word constructed from:
wagen
+
Hals
+
-ig
Rhyming words
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