Stutzen
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German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German stutz, stutze (“shock, thrust; something compressed, stub; glass without a foot and stem”), from stutzen (“to butt, shock, stall”). Compare modern German stutzen (“to stall, pause, be perplexed; to trim, shorten”), related with stoßen (“to push, butt”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]Stutzen m (strong, genitive Stutzens, plural Stutzen)
- (dialectal, Upper German, otherwise obsolete) stub, any blunted oblong thing
- a knee high without a covering for the foot, similar to a leg warmer, as traditionally worn by men in some Alpine regions
- (sports, soccer) a football sock or similar long sport sock (often attached to the foot merely with a thin strip under the sole, but also so called when covering the whole foot)
- (metal) a short piece of pipe
- (weaponry) a rifle with a short barrel
Declension
[edit]Declension of Stutzen [masculine, strong]
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Stutzen m (strong, genitive Stutzens, plural Stutzen)