Fotze

See also: fotze

German

Alternative forms

• F*tz*, F*tze (censored)
• Votze

Etymology

From Middle High German fotze, votze, futze, see also Middle High German fut, vut (“sheath, vagina, vulva”), German Fut. Probably from Proto-Germanic *fuþiz (“vagina”). Akin to Bavarian Fotzen (“a slap in the face, on the mouth and the mouth itself”), Dutch vot (“arse”), Hunsrik Futz (“cunt”), Kölsch Fott (“buttocks”) and Scots fud (“cunt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔtsə/

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Noun

Fotze f (genitive Fotze, plural Fotzen, diminutive Fötzchen n)

1. (highly vulgar) cunt (vulva)
2. (highly vulgar) cunt (swearword, usually towards women)
3. (colloquial, regional, Bavaria, Austria) muzzle

   Halt die Fotze! ― Shut up! (literally, “Hold your muzzle!”)

4. (colloquial, regional, Bavaria, Austria) slap in the face

   Synonyms: Ohrfeige, Watsche

Usage notes

• Fotze said to a woman is one of the most offensive insults in the German language. In the sense of "vulva" it is also a highly vulgar and pejorative word.

Declension

Declension of Fotze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Fotze	die	Fotzen
genitive	einer	der	Fotze	der	Fotzen
dative	einer	der	Fotze	den	Fotzen
accusative	eine	die	Fotze	die	Fotzen

Related terms

• Fotz
• fotzen
• Fut

 

Compound words

• Fotzenfurz
• Fotzenhaar
• Fotzenknecht
• Fotzhobel
• hinterfotzig

 

Descendants

• → Swedish: fåtsa (“slut, whore”)
  • → Finnish: vosu (“slut; young woman”)

Further reading

• “Fotze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Fotze” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Fotze” in Duden online