chätsche

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• chätschä, chätscha

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly onomatopoeic.

Verb

chätsche

1. to chew (in particular loudly or with little success (as on a chewing gum))

   Synonym: chaue

Derived terms

• Chätschgummi (“chewing gum”)

Further reading

• Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache^[1] (in German), volume 3, 1895, column 577