tötzle

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Totz (“block of wood”).

Verb

tötzle

1. (Uri) To play children's game in which one throws blocks of wood (or stones) at a target, similar to cornhole.

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 52.

Further reading

• Zimmermann, Christian. "Das Tötzeln und Blätteln um 1781" in Platzgen und andere Hobby's. Web.