Katze
Contents
GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- Katz (chiefly in idioms)
EtymologyEdit
Old High German kazza, earlier *katta, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus. Akin to Old English catt (“cat”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ˈkʰɑtsə/, /ˈkʰatsə/ (most of Germany)
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑtːsə/ (Austro-Bavarian, Switzerland, regional Germany)
Audio (file) audio (Austria) (file) - Rhymes: -atsə
- Hyphenation: Kat‧ze
NounEdit
Katze f (genitive Katze, plural Katzen, diminutive Kätzchen n or Kätzlein n, feminine Kätzin, masculine Kater)
- house cat, Felis silvestris catus
- (specifically) a female house cat
- cat (any member of the genus Felis)
- (astronomy) the constellation Felis
Usage notesEdit
Katze is the common term to refer to a cat (both male and female ones). The derived form Kätzin is mostly restricted to poetic language and technical language.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Katze
HyponymsEdit
(any cat):
- Großkatze (“member of Pantherinae”)
- Kleinkatze
- Kater (“a male cat”)
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from Katze
Further readingEdit
- Katze in Duden online