putzig

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch potsig (funny, cute), which belongs to Old French bocer.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʊtsɪç/, [ˈpʊtsɪç]

Adjective

putzig (comparative putziger, superlative am putzigsten)

  1. cute, sweet
  2. funny, comical

Declension

References

  1. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “putzig”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

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