großkotzig

German

Etymology

According to the Kluge, the word is first attested in Berlin's 19th c. Hochsprache as an adjective synonymous with 'he who wins a pissing contest'.

According to the Duden, the substantive Großkotz (“a bighead, a cocky person”) came first and out of Yiddish's גרױסקצין‎‎ (groyskotsn, “a filthy rich person or a pompous git”), derived in its turn from קָצִין‎‎ (katsín, “a leader or officer”), of uncertain etymology but perhaps related to קצה‎ (“end or tip”) in the sense of 'end of the chain of command in the army'.

Adjective

großkotzig (comparative großkotziger, superlative am großkotzigsten)

  1. Exaggeratedly generous

Declension

References

  • מילון כיס דו לשוני עברי-גרמני גרמני-עברי כולל תעתיק מלא / Zweisprachiges Taschenwörterbuch Deutsch-Hebräisch Hebräisch-Deutsch mit vollständiger Transliteration,פרולוג מוציאים לאור בע״מ / Prolog Verlag GmbH, Israel 2006, p. 180. →ISBN
  • https://www.dwds.de/wb/großkotzig
  • Duden: Großes Wörterbuch, 1st vol., p. 1595
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