jach

English translation: brusque

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German term or phrase:	jach
English translation:	brusque
Entered by:	Susan Welsh

18:25 Apr 18, 2013

German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Idioms / Maxims / Sayings / dialect from early 20th century: oberpfälzischen Dorf

German term or phrase: jach

This is about a mystic (it's not literary, there was just no other category to put it in). Duden says that "jach" is an old variant of
jäh (abrupt, sudden), and on Leo, someone translates it in a poem as "fierce." I don't see how the first fits into my context, and I'm not sure that the second is correct.

Wenn es sich um etwas Wichtiges oder Prinzipielles handelte, dann konnte sie auch sehr hartnäckig sein, zuweilen konnte sie aufbrausen, sei etwas ***„jach"*** gewesen, habe auch mit ihren Geschwistern ehrlich gestritten, so wie sich das gehört, war keine Leisetreterin, nicht schüchtern, nicht besonders bescheiden, nicht besonders nachgiebig oder gutmütig, wußte sich vielmehr durchzusetzen.

Thanks in advance!

Susan Welsh KudoZ activity Questions: 524 (none open) (22 closed without grading) Answers: 462 United States
Local time: 11:34

brusque

Explanation:
Suggestion.

Selected response from:

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 08:34

Grading comment

Thanks to everybody! All the answers were useful and good, but since I have to choose, this is a good one.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +2

sharp

Kim Metzger

3 +2

brusque

Nicole Schnell

blunt

Ramey Rieger (X)

Summary of reference entries provided

Dialekt

Johanna Timm, PhD

Answers

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

sharp

Explanation:
Based on your Duden definition and synonyms of abrupt (which doesn't seem bad to me), you could also go with edgy, gruff, curt, snippy, surly or churlish.

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 09:34
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 156

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks, Kim. I was thinking of "abrupt" more in the (temporal) sense of "sudden," but the direction you're taking it in makes sense.

21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

brusque

Explanation:
Suggestion.

Nicole Schnell
United States
Local time: 08:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 64

Grading comment

Thanks to everybody! All the answers were useful and good, but since I have to choose, this is a good one.

12 hrs confidence:

blunt

Explanation:
just an alternative

snappish is also nice

Ramey Rieger (X)
Germany
Local time: 17:34
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 70

Reference comments

30 mins peer agreement (net): +6

Reference: Dialekt

Reference information:
jach=schnell
http://www.multi-deutsch.de/woerterbuch-i-p.html

scheint etymologisch mit Jagd verwandt zu sein, also vielleicht im Sinne von gehetzt, hektisch, überstürzt?

Johanna Timm, PhD
Canada
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in category: 90

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