Fazung

Central Franconian Alternative forms gmw-cfr Fazong most of Ripuarian, gmw-cfr Fazuun parts of western Ripuarian gmw-cfr Fassaun Fassoun western Moselle Franconian gmw-cfr Fassong eastern Moselle Franconian, also elsewhere as a variant Etymology From gmw-cfr gmh *fazūn, from gmw-cfr dum fatsoen, from gmw-cfr fro façon, from gmw-cfr la factio. Final gmw-cfr -ong, -ung is due to the native Ripuarian development of gmh -ūn (cf. gmw-cfr brong, Zong). Moselle Franconian gmw-cfr Fassaun, Fassoun must also be old because it underwent diphthongization; it is either directly from Old French or was influenced by the form gmw-cfr Fassong. This last is a somewhat younger borrowing corresponding to Standard German de Fasson (late 15th c.). Pronunciation gmw-cfr /faˈtsuŋ/ Noun gmw-cfr noun n gmw-cfr Ripuarian chiefly Kölsch shape, form, e.g. of a body, of clothing decency, seemliness, propriety, conventional and “reasonable” behaviour Quotations gmw-cfr 1910 1985 Et Stina muss ’ne Mann han de Willi Ostermann Emil Palm Bläck Fööss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fkCRMpSYkA Et Stina moss ene Mann hann, et weed de hüchste Zick! / Et Stina moss ene Mann hann, söns weed mer’t nit mieh quitt. / Et Stina moss ene Mann hann, ov alt hä odder jong. / Denn blevv dat Stina setze, wör’t schad für dat Fazung! Stina must have a husband, it’s already high time! / Stina must have a husband, or else it’ll be too late to get rid of her. / Stina must have a husband, whether he’s old or young. / Because if Stina remained a spinster, it would be a pity about that shape! ''The last line is a sarcastic reference to the girl’s ugliness, which the song describes. According to the Rheinisches Wörterbuch RhWb de, the phrase gmw-cfr schad für et Fazung was said e.g. when a hunchbacked man died. On the other hand, it may also play on sense 2, i.e. it would be bad for propriety. Derived terms gmw-cfr fazünglich