Krätze

See also: kratze and Kratze

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʁɛtsə/

Etymology 1

From Late Middle High German kretz, kratz (15th c.). Derived from kratzen (“to scratch”).

Noun

Krätze f (genitive Krätze, no plural)

  1. (pathology) scabies
    Synonyms: (in animals) Räude, (medical parlance) Skabies
  2. (loosely) a bad itch
  3. (metallurgy) dross
Declension
Declension of Krätze [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Krätze
genitive einer der Krätze
dative einer der Krätze
accusative eine die Krätze
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German kretze, from Old High German krezzo, from Proto-Germanic *kradô ~ *krattijô. Cognate with Dutch krat, English crate.

Compare with roughly synonymous Kraxe (older also Krächse). Both words very probably influenced each other.

Noun

Krätze f (genitive Krätze, plural Krätzen) (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, now chiefly dialectal)

  1. basket, pannier, especially one borne on the back
    Synonyms: Korb, Tragekorb, Kiepe
Declension
Declension of Krätze [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Krätze die Krätzen
genitive einer der Krätze der Krätzen
dative einer der Krätze den Krätzen
accusative eine die Krätze die Krätzen

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