Klitsche
German
editEtymology
edit19th century, from East Central German dialects. Further origin uncertain. Plausibly from Polish kleć (“outhouse”), from Proto-Slavic *klětь. Alternatively from klitschen (“to splat, slap”), a variant of klatschen.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKlitsche f (genitive Klitsche, plural Klitschen)
- (colloquial, usually derogatory) a small place, house, or (now most often) company
- Synonyms: Bude, Laden
- Ich hatte nur eine Anfrage diese Woche und die war von irgendso’ner windigen Softwareklitsche.
- I had only one request this week and that was by some obscure little software firm.
- 2013 September 13, Olaf Ihlau, “Der Fluchthelfer”, in ZEITmagazin[1]:
- Er schafft sie zu seiner Klitsche auf der Insel Ibiza, über die der Astrologe und Untergangsprophet Nostradamus gesagt haben soll, sie werde die "letzte Zuflucht der Menschheit vor dem großen Feuer" sein.
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Declension
editDeclension of Klitsche [feminine]
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