chätsche

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Alemannic German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

chätschä, chätscha

Etymology[edit]

Unknown. Possibly onomatopoeic.

Verb[edit]

chätsche

to chew (in particular loudly or with little success (as on a chewing gum))
Synonym: chaue

Derived terms[edit]

Chätschgummi (“chewing gum”)

Further reading[edit]

Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache^[1] (in German), volume 3, 1895, column 577

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