how to pronounce ramsch

/ʁamʃ/

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ramsch is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of ramsch in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… er soll ja nicht nur ein ramsch sag ich …”

meanings of ramsch

noun:

Junk (miscellaneous items of little value).
In the card game skat, an unofficial round sometimes played if all three players pass in the bidding, having no declarer and the goal of achieving the lowest score.

ramsch frequency in german - C2+ level of CEFR

the word ramsch occurs in german on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.