An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/hübsch

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis
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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry hübsch. Random word Special:RandomInCategory/Annotated entries in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language
2562459An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, H — hübschJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

​ hübsch, adjective, ‘pretty, handsome,’ from Middle High German hübesch, hübsch, adjective, properly ‘courtly,’ then also ‘beautiful.’ Old High German *hubisc is connected by a grammatical change with hof.

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