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petze

See also: Petze

German edit

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

petze

  1. inflection of petzen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Hunsrik edit

Etymology edit

Variant of pfetzen, from Middle High German pfetzen, of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare the origin of English pinch.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

petze

  1. to pinch
    Die Omeise petze mich!
    The ants are pinching me!
    Sie hod eere Bruderche gepetzd.
    She pinched her little brother.

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^
    1889–91, “pinch”, in William Dwight Whitney, editor, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC:

Further reading edit

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

Variant of pfetzen, from Middle High German pfetzen, of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare the origin of English pinch.[1]

Verb edit

petze

  1. to pinch

References edit

  1. ^
    1889–91, “pinch”, in William Dwight Whitney, editor, The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC:
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