Latsche
German edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably deverbal from latschen (“to traipse, walk about”), itself perhaps related with lasch (“slack”) or else onomatopoetic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Latsche f (genitive Latsche, plural Latschen)
Alternative forms edit
- Latschen m
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Bavarian [Term?]. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Latsche f (genitive Latsche, plural Latschen)
- mountain pine, Pinus mugo
- Synonym: Bergkiefer
- (especially) the subspecies Pinus mugo mugo
- Synonyms: Legföhre, Legkiefer, Krüppelkiefer
Usage notes edit
- The pleonastic compound Latschenkiefer is often used instead.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: latschen
Further reading edit
- “Latsche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Latsche (Schuh)” in Duden online
- “Latsche (Nadelbaum)” in Duden online
- “Latsche” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.