word of the day:part thirty | ersatz

ersatz

er·satz [ˈɛəzæts ˈɜː-]

adj
Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial

[German, replacement, from ersetzen, to replace, from Old High German irsezzan : ir-, out; see ud- in Indo-European roots + sezzan, to set; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

ersatz | n