Betze

== German == === Alternative forms === Bätze, Petze === Etymology === Probably borrowed from English bitch, itself ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (“female dog”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === Betze f (genitive Betze, plural Betzen) (obsolete except dialectal) vixen, bitch ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Betze” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.