Katz

Borrowed from Hebrew כ״ץ (Katz), Abbreviation of כֹּהֵן צֶדֶק (kohén tzédeq).

• IPA^(key): /kæts/
• Rhymes: -æts
• Homophone: cats

Katz

1. A surname from Hebrew.
   • 2019 October 7, Kate Springer, “Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In 2017, Katz estimated that around 5,000 people per year were acquiring citizenship abroad through CIPs.

• Katz syndrome
• Katzian

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Katz is the 1101^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 31,780 individuals. Katz is most common among White (95.31%) individuals.

From Old High German kazza, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus. Cognate with German Katze.

Katz f

1. (Erzgebirgisch) cat

• 1992 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Wie dr Schnoobl gewaschen is, P. 27

• IPA^(key): [kat͡s]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Katz
• Rhymes: -ats
• Homophone: Kats

Katz f (genitive Katz, plural Katzen)

1. alternative form of Katze (“cat”)

In formal standard language, this form is used nowadays only in idioms. Colloquially it may be used more freely.

• für die Katz
• Katz und Maus
• Katz-und-Maus-Spiel

• “Katz” in Duden online
• “Katz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• khats (Wiesemann spelling)

From Middle High German katze, from Old High German kazza, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Proto-Germanic *kattǭ, from *kattuz.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰat͡s/
• Rhymes: -ats
• Syllabification: Katz

Katz f (plural Katze, diminutive Ketzje)

1. cat (Felis catus)

   Die Katze jachte Mais.

   The cats hunt mice.

   Meer hon en schwarze un en graue Katz.

   We have a black and a gray cat.

2. (strictly) she-cat

   Coordinate term: (male cat) Kaarer

From early German Kotz. Cognate with German Kotze.

• IPA^(key): /kɑts/

  Rhymes: -ɑts

Katz m or f (uncountable)

1. (informal) vomit, puke

• katzen

From Middle High German katze, from Old High German kazza. Cognate with German Katze.

Katz f (plural Katze)

1. cat