Gnitze

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German gnitte, from Old Saxon *gnitta, from Proto-Germanic *gnittaz, *gnattaz (“gnat, midge”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰneHdʰn-, *gʰneHd- (“to gnaw, scratch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡnɪt͡sə/

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Noun

Gnitze f (genitive Gnitze, plural Gnitzen)

1. biting midge

Declension

Declension of Gnitze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gnitze	die	Gnitzen
genitive	einer	der	Gnitze	der	Gnitzen
dative	einer	der	Gnitze	den	Gnitzen
accusative	eine	die	Gnitze	die	Gnitzen