Glatze
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German glatz, from Old High German glaz (“braincase; weathered skull”). According to Duden and Pfeifer, derived from glatt (“smooth, sleek”), however with unexpected /ts/, perhaps from dialectal formation.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Glatze f (genitive Glatze, plural Glatzen)
- baldness, bald head
- Synonym: Kahlkopf
- (slang, politics) skinhead
- 2021 May 9, Ulrich Gutmair, “Roman über Punks der 90er: Nochämo uff die Fress?”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Jenseits der Zonengrenze hieß das hin und wieder auch, eine Nacht in einem verbarrikadierten besetzten Haus verbringen zu müssen, weil auf der Straße eine Horde von Glatzen mit Baseballschlägern darauf aus war, ein paar Zecken zu klatschen.
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Declension
[edit]Declension of Glatze [feminine]
See also
[edit]Further reading
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- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
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- Rhymes:German/atsə
- Rhymes:German/atsə/2 syllables
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
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