Zotte
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German zote, from Old High German zota (alongside zata and zoto m, zato). Cognate with English tod (“bush, flock”). The form shows Upper German hindrance of lengthening before -t- (as predominantly in Modern German); a Central German doublet is Zote (“dirty joke”), which see.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Zotte f (genitive Zotte, plural Zotten)
- a flock of hair or fur clotted by moisture, dirt etc.
- Synonym: Zottel
- Der Eisbär stieg aus dem Wasser und schüttelte seine nassen Zotten.
- The polar bear got out of the water and shook his wet fur.
- 1883–1885, Friedrich Nietzsche, “Von den berühmten Weisen”, in Also sprach Zarathustra […] [Thus Spoke Zarathustra][1], Zweiter Theil:
- Das Fell des Raubthiers, das buntgefleckte, und die Zotten des Forschenden, Suchenden, Erobernden!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Zotte [feminine]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Zotte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zotte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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