Zutz
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Alemannic German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From zutze (“to hiss, as a result of toothlessness”). Sense 2 refers to the toothlessness of babies.
Noun[edit]
Zutz m (Uri)
- (mildly derogatory) a toothless old person
- (mildly derogatory) the youngest child in a family
References[edit]
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 51.