Protze
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Italian biroccio, from Late Latin *birotium, from Latin birotus (“two-wheeled”).
Noun edit
Protze f (genitive Protze, plural Protzen)
- (military, historical) limber (two-wheeled vehicle to which a wheeled artillery piece or caisson may be attached for transport)
Declension edit
Declension of Protze [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
Protze
Further reading edit
- Protze on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Protze” in Duden online
- “Protze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Protze” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.