Fitzel
German
Etymology
Diminutive of Fitze (“strand of yarn”). See also Fetzen (“scrap, rag”) and zerfetzen (“to tear apart, to lacerate, to shred”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɪt͡sl̩]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Fit‧zel
Noun
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- shred (a tiny piece of something)
- Synonym: (less common) Fitzchen
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Hyponyms
- Papierfitzel
Further reading
- “Fitzel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Fitzel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Fitzel” in Duden online
- "Fitzel", owid.de
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