Fetzen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vetze (“rag, tatters”), ultimately from the root of fassen (“to grasp”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *fatą (“vat, item of clothing”), Old Norse fǫt (“clothes”), Portuguese fato (“clothing”), Spanish hato. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Fetzen m (strong, genitive Fetzens, plural Fetzen) scrap, rag (torn piece of fabric or paper) rags (tattered clothing) (colloquial) low-quality, ill-fitting clothing (Austria, dated) work apron (Austria, colloquial) cleaning cloth, dustcloth (Austria, colloquial) lowest grade in school (nicht genügend) Synonyms: Fleck, Fünfer, Pintsch (Austria, Bavaria, colloquial) alcohol intoxication ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== die Fetzen fliegen Fetzentandler ==== Descendants ==== → Hungarian: fecni === Noun === Fetzen n (strong, genitive Fetzens, plural Fetzen) gerund of fetzen ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “Fetzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Fetzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Fetzen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Fetzen” in Duden online Fetzen, owid.de