Blutgrätsche

German

Etymology

Blut (“blood”) +‎ Grätsche (“slide tackle”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbluːtˌɡʁɛːtʃə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
• IPA^(key): /-ˌɡʁeːtʃə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)

• Audio (Southern Germany):

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• Hyphenation: Blut‧grät‧sche

Noun

Blutgrätsche f (genitive Blutgrätsche, plural Blutgrätschen)

1. (soccer) A slide tackle at high speed that is directed right at the other player’s legs, usually deliberately so.

Declension

Declension of Blutgrätsche [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Blutgrätsche	die	Blutgrätschen
genitive	einer	der	Blutgrätsche	der	Blutgrätschen
dative	einer	der	Blutgrätsche	den	Blutgrätschen
accusative	eine	die	Blutgrätsche	die	Blutgrätschen

Further reading

• “Blutgrätsche” in Duden online