Stutzen

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃtʊt͡sən], [ˈʃtʊt͡sn̩]

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”).

• Stotzen (for the dialectal sense “stub”)
• Stotz, Stotze, Stutz, Stutze, Stütze (all obsolete)

Stutzen m (genitive Stutzens, plural Stutzen)

1. (dialectal, Upper German, otherwise obsolete) stub, any blunted oblong thing

   Synonyms: Stumpf, Stumpen

2. a knee high without a covering for the foot, similar to a leg warmer, as traditionally worn by men in some Alpine regions
3. (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)
4. (metal) a short piece of pipe
5. (weaponry) a rifle with a short barrel

Stutzen m (genitive Stutzens, plural Stutzen)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of Stütze (“strut, pillar, prop, support”)