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==German==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|de|:*rsch||censored}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|de|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}
From {{inh|de|gmh|ars}}, from {{inh|de|goh|ars}}, from {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*ars}}.

Cognate with {{cog|nl|aars}}, {{cog|en|arse}}, {{cog|no|rass}}. The alternative neuter gender in the figurative sense probably from a backformation from {{m|de|Arschloch|t=arsehole}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/arʃ/|[ʔaʁʃ]|[ʔaɐ̯ʃ]|[ʔaːʃ]}}
* {{audio|de|De-Arsch.ogg}}
* {{audio|de|De-Arsch2.ogg|a=Berlin}}
* {{rhymes|de|aʁʃ|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}}

# {{lb|de|vulgar}} [[arse]], [[posterior]], [[buttocks]]
#: {{syn|de|Gesäß<q:formal>|;|Hintern<q:slightly informal>|;|Po<q:slightly informal>|;|Popo<q:childish>}}

====Usage notes====
* In formal settings, ''Arsch'' is vulgar and inappropriate; in informal settings (e.g. among friends or family) this is often not the case. Note, however, that ''Arsch'' may have a stronger sexual implication than some synonyms, which—in certain contexts—might make the word inappropriate even in very informal settings.

====Declension====
{{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|de|
|[[am Arsch]], [[im Arsch]]
|[[am Arsch lecken]], [[im Arsch lecken]]
|Arschbacke
|Arsch der Welt
|Arschficker
|Arschgeige
|Arschgesicht
|Arschgeweih
|arschig
|arschlings
|Arsch in der Hose
|arschkalt<qq:perhaps>
|Arschloch
|Arsch mit Ohren
|Arschrunzeln
|gearscht
|in den Arsch kriechen
|Knackarsch
|sich den Arsch aufreißen
|verarschen
}}

===Noun===
{{de-noun|m:n,(e)s,^e}}

# {{lb|de|derogatory}} [[arse]] {{gloss|mean or despicable person}}
#* {{quote-text|de|year=2017|author=w:de:Dietmar Wischmeyer|title=[https://books.google.de/books?id=jrbGDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT149&dq=das+Arsch Vorspeisen zum Jüngsten Gericht]|publisher={{w|Rowohlt Verlag|Rowohlt e-Book}}
|passage=Fällt mir natürlich Heiner, das '''Arsch''', wieder ein, weißt du, was der zu mir gesagt hat, als ich ihn auf den Vorfall mit dem Kaffee angesprochen habe?|t=Reminds me of Heiner, of course, that '''arse''', d’you know what he said to me when I mentioned the coffee incident to him?}}

====Declension====
{{de-ndecl|m:n,(e)s,^e}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Duden}}
* {{R:DWDS}}
* {{R:Kluge 1891}}