Old German Translation Needed.

I have this card from 1913 with what I call old German written on the back. I see it often on cards up untill the Second WW. In this case I can read all of it with the exception of 1 word. The first word on the second line. I personally think it is entsetzlich(terribly) but I am not sure. It can change the whole meaning of the card.

I can read:

Shanghai 8.1.13

China is contrary to Japan ????? Dirty.

Can anybody help me with this word. Thank you for your effort. Johan.

I think the writer was a bit sloppy in grammar or perhaps this was slang no longer in use.

The gist of this is "China is the opposite of Japan; terrifyingly dirty.

The missing word I believe is entsetzlich which they wrote as entsetzlig which has many meaning. ANother translation could be appaulingly dirty.

BwanaBob, did you mean appallingly?

Peter

Hi: Well maybe The Hulshoff Pol A.G.(1883-1957) was some doing some sort of medical research in Indonesia..ok this is just a hunch on my part..The card was sent I think in care of Pino & Co... Batavia (Jakarta since their independance)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar.../PMC3595404/






https://www.ntvg.nl/artikelen/memor...hulshoff-pol

There is nothing wrong with the grammar and spelling of the message, which is in perfect German and reads:

China ist im Gegensatz zu Japan
In contrast to Japan, China is
entsetzlich schmutzig.
appallingly dirty.