Stutzen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʃtʊt͡sən], [ˈʃtʊt͡sn̩] === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German stutz, stutze (“shock, thrust; something compressed, stub; glass without a foot and stem”), from stutzen (“to butt, shock, stall”). Compare modern German stutzen (“to stall, pause, be perplexed; to trim, shorten”), related with stoßen (“to push, butt”). ==== Alternative forms ==== Stotzen (for the dialectal sense “stub”) Stotz, Stotze, Stutz, Stutze, Stütze (all obsolete) ==== Noun ==== Stutzen m (strong, genitive Stutzens, plural Stutzen) (dialectal, Upper German, otherwise obsolete) stub, any blunted oblong thing Synonyms: Stumpf, Stumpen a knee high without a covering for the foot, similar to a leg warmer, as traditionally worn by men in some Alpine regions (sports, soccer) a football sock or similar long sport sock (often attached to the foot merely with a thin strip under the sole, but also so called when covering the whole foot) (metal) a short piece of pipe (weaponry) a rifle with a short barrel ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== Stutzen m (strong, genitive Stutzens, plural Stutzen) (obsolete) alternative form of Stütze (“strut, pillar, prop, support”) ===== Declension =====