Schütze

See also: Schutze, schutze, and schütze

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʏtsə/
  • Audio (Berlin):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Schüt‧ze

Etymology 1

From Middle High German schütze, from Old High German scuzzo, from Proto-Germanic *skutjaną, *skuttijaną (to bar, bolt), from Proto-Germanic *skuttą, *skuttjō (bar, bolt, shed), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (to drive, fall upon, rush). Compare English shut.

Noun

Schütze m (weak, genitive Schützen, plural Schützen, feminine Schützin)

  1. shooter
  2. archer, bowman
  3. rifleman
  4. (astronomy, astrology) Sagittarius
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Schütze

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Schütz

See also

Zodiac signs in German (layout · text)

Widder

Stier

Zwillinge

Krebs

Löwe

Jungfrau

Waage

Skorpion

Schütze

Steinbock

Wassermann

Fische

Further reading

  • Schütze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache