Fetzen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vetze (“rag, tatters”). Cognate with Old Norse fǫt (“clothes”), Portuguese fato (“clothing”), Spanish hato.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Fetzen m (genitive Fetzens, plural Fetzen)

  1. scrap, rag (torn piece of fabric or paper)
  2. rags (tattered clothing)
  3. (colloquial) low-quality, ill-fitting clothing
  4. (Austria, dated) work apron
  5. (Austria, colloquial) cleaning cloth, dustcloth
  6. (Austria, chiefly Tyrol, slang) a bad grade in school

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Fetzen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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