Bratze

== German == === Alternative forms === Pratze === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian braccio (“arm”), from Latin brachium, bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Doublet of Bratsche. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʁat͡sə/ Rhymes: -atsə === Noun === Bratze f (genitive Bratze, plural Bratzen) (obsolete or dialectal) forepaw of an animal (e.g. wild ones like lion and bear, but also of tamed ones like dog and cat) Synonyms: Pranke, Tatze 1854, Ignaz und Joseph Zingerle, Kinder- und Hausmärchen aus Süddeutschland (= Tirols Volksdichtungen und Volksgebräuche, vol. 2), Regensburg 1854, p. 367: (by extension, humorous) misshapen, coarse hand Synonym: Pranke 1764, Christoph Martin Wieland, Die Abenteuer des Don Sylvio von Rosalva, Leipzig 1795, S. 131: (Ruhr Area, Berlin, vulgar, derogatory) (very) unattractive woman Synonym: Kackbratze ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Kackbratze === Further reading === “Bratze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache