geszeft

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Geschäft, from Middle High German gescheft, from Old High German giscaft, from Proto-West Germanic *gaskafti, from Proto-Germanic *gaskaftiz. Compare English gesheft, Yiddish געשעפֿט‎ (gesheft).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈʂɛft/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɛʂɛft
Syllabification: ge‧szeft

Noun

geszeft m inan (diminutive geszefcik)

(business, colloquial, dated, derogatory) unfair business
Synonym: szwindel
small-scale venture
Hypernym: interes
(archaic) tiny store
Hypernym: interes

Declension

Declension of geszeft

	singular	plural
nominative	geszeft	geszefty
genitive	geszeftu	geszeftów
dative	geszeftowi	geszeftom
accusative	geszeft	geszefty
instrumental	geszeftem	geszeftami
locative	geszefcie	geszeftach
vocative	geszefcie	geszefty

Derived terms

noun

geszefciarz

Related terms

adjective

geszefciarski

noun

geszefciarstwo

Further reading

geszeft in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
geszeft in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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