Stutzen
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle High German stutz, stutze (“shock, thrust; something compressed, stub; glass without a foot and stem”), from stutzen (“to butt, shock, stall”). Compare modern German stutzen (“to stall, pause, be perplexed; to trim, shorten”), related with stoßen (“to push, butt”).
Alternative forms
Noun
Stutzen m (genitive Stutzens, plural Stutzen)
- (dialectal, Upper German, otherwise obsolete) stub, any blunted oblong thing
- a knee high without a covering for the foot, similar to a leg warmer, as traditionally worn by men in some Alpine regions
- (sports, soccer) a football sock or similar long sport sock (often attached to the foot merely with a thin strip under the sole, but also so called when covering the whole foot)
- (metal) a short piece of pipe
- (weaponry) a rifle with a short barrel
Etymology 2
Noun
Stutzen m (genitive Stutzens, plural Stutzen)