🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Zungenkuss

Pronunciation / Transliteration: tsʊŋənˌkʊs

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Deep kiss/diːp kɪs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Sie gaben sich einen leidenschaftlichen Zungenkuss."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An intimate kiss involving the opening of the mouths and contact between the tongues, commonly known as a French kiss.

    "The romantic scene in the film culminated in a passionate and deep kiss."
  2. 2

    A prolonged and intensely affectionate embrace expressed through the lips.

    "They shared a deep kiss before parting ways at the station."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines the Old English adjective 'deop', stemming from Proto-Germanic *diupaz meaning profound or extending far down, with the noun 'kiss', deriving from the Old English 'cyssan' (Proto-Germanic *kussijan). The URL-encoded Japanese context 'nōkō na kisu' translates directly to a deep, intense, or French kiss in Japanese media and romance terminology.

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