Stutzen

German edit

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈʃtʊt͡sən], [ˈʃtʊt͡sn̩]

Etymology 1 edit

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 edit

Stotzen (for the dialectal sense “stub”)
Stotz, Stotze, Stutz, Stutze, Stütze (all obsolete)

Noun edit

Stutzen m (strong, genitive Stutzens, plural Stutzen)

(dialectal, Upper German, otherwise obsolete) stub, any blunted oblong thing
Synonyms: Stumpf, Stumpen
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

Declension edit

Declension of Stutzen [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Stutzen	die	Stutzen
genitive	eines	des	Stutzens	der	Stutzen
dative	einem	dem	Stutzen	den	Stutzen
accusative	einen	den	Stutzen	die	Stutzen

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

Stutzen m (strong, genitive Stutzens, plural Stutzen)

(obsolete) Alternative form of Stütze (“strut, pillar, prop, support”)

Declension edit

Declension of Stutzen [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Stutzen	die	Stutzen
genitive	eines	des	Stutzens	der	Stutzen
dative	einem	dem	Stutzen	den	Stutzen
accusative	einen	den	Stutzen	die	Stutzen