Fratze

German

Etymology

Shortened from Fratzengesicht (“joker face”), from fratzen (“silly talk, jokes”), probably borrowed from Italian frasche (“nonsense”), plural of frasca (“vanity, caprice”).

Cognate with Dutch fratsen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʁat͡sə/

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Noun

Fratze f (genitive Fratze, plural Fratzen)

1. sneer; grimace; evil smile

Declension

Declension of Fratze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Fratze	die	Fratzen
genitive	einer	der	Fratze	der	Fratzen
dative	einer	der	Fratze	den	Fratzen
accusative	eine	die	Fratze	die	Fratzen

Descendants

• → Dutch: frats

Noun

Fratze

1. nominative/genitive/accusative plural of Fratz