21-07-2023, 11:28 PM
The 'x' has always been an oddball letter in German, even today it is associated with magic, exotic or humoristic things. Ask kids to come up with a magic spell and 'x' will most likely be highly over-represented compared to a formal text. Same goes for poetry and theater, artistic and informal writing. Yet I think the genitive use in bocks- -> box/pox without expletive background is unusual, do we have more examples of both writing styles from recipes and plays like Fastnachtspiele?