Petze

See also: petze

German

Back-formation from petzen, see there for more. Since the end of the 19th century.

Petze f (genitive Petze, plural Petzen)

(pupil slang) tattler, tattletale (of either sex)
Synonyms: Petzer m, Petzerin f, Verpetzer

Declension of Petze [feminine]

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First attested 1520, of uncertain origin and relation (Kluge compares English bitch, French biche). Possibly borrowed from English bitch.

Petze f (genitive Petze, plural Petzen, diminutive Petzchen n, masculine Petz)

Declension of Petze [feminine]

Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Petze”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891