Katz
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kæts/
- Homophone: cats
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kat͡s]
- Hyphenation: Katz
- Rhymes: -ats
- Homophone: Kats
Usage notes
In formal standard language, this form is used only in idioms. Colloquially it may be used more freely.
Derived terms
- für die Katz sein
- alles für die Katz
- Katz und Maus
- Katz-und-Maus-Spiel
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
- khats (Wiesemann spelling system)
Etymology
From Old High German kazza, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus. Cognate with German Katze.
Noun
Katz f (plural Katze, diminutive Ketzje)
- cat
- Die Katze jachte Mais.
- The cats hunt mice.
- Meer hon en schwarze un en graue Katz.
- We have a black and a gray cat.
References
- Altenhofen, Cléo Vilson. (1996) Hunsrückisch in Rio Grande do Sul: Ein Beitrag zur Beschreibung einer deutschbrasilianischen Dialektvarietät im Kontakt mit dem Portugiesischen. Stuttgart: Steiner.
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑts/
- Rhymes: -ɑts
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Old High German kazza, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus. Cognate with German Katze.
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