stutzen

See also: stützen and Stützen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stutzen (to scare away). Cognate with Dutch stuiten (to check, rebound).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

stutzen (third-person singular simple present stutzt, past tense stutzte, past participle gestutzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. obsolete form of stoßen
  2. (archaic or lofty) to be a coxcomb, to floss, to ball (to be a Stutzer)
  3. to cut short, to trim
  4. to stop short

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Further reading

References

  1. stutzen in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891
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