Pauschale

German

Etymology

From New Latin pauschale, neuter singular of pauschalis, itself coined in Austrian officialese from Southern German Pausch, Bausch (“wad”), which occurs primarily in the now obsolete phrase im Bausch und Bogen (“taken as a whole, completely”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paʊ̯ˈʃaːlə/
  • Hyphenation: Pau‧scha‧le

Noun

Pauschale f (genitive Pauschale, plural Pauschalen)

  1. (finance) lump sum
  2. (Austria) flat rate

Declension
Declension of Pauschale
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Pauschale die Pauschalen
genitive einer der Pauschale der Pauschalen
dative einer der Pauschale den Pauschalen
accusative eine die Pauschale die Pauschalen

Derived terms
  • Berufsgruppenpauschale
  • Entfernungspauschale
  • Kilometerpauschale
  • pauschal
  • Pendlerpauschale
  • Reisekostenpauschale
  • Überstundenpauschale
  • Verpflegungspauschale
  • Versandkostenpauschale
  • Werbungskostenpauschale

Further reading
  • Pauschale in Duden online
  • “Pauschale” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • "Pauschale" in: Wolfgang Pfeifer (ed.), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (2nd ed. 1993).
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