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Katze

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German

Alternative forms

  • Katz (chiefly in idioms)
  • Katz'

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German katze, Old High German kazza, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus. Akin to Old English catt (“cat”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkatsə/ (most of Germany)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑtːsə/ (Austro-Bavarian, Switzerland, regional Germany)
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  • Audio (Austria); “die Katze”:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atsə
  • Hyphenation: Kat‧ze

Noun

Katze f (genitive Katze, plural Katzen, diminutive Kätzchen n or Kätzlein n, masculine männliche Katze or Kater, feminine weibliche Katze or Kätzin or Katerin)

  1. house cat, Felis silvestris catus
    Synonym: Hauskatze
    Hypernym: Säugetier
  2. (specifically) female house cat
    Synonym: (uncommon) Kätzin
    Antonym: Kater (“tomcat”)
  3. cat (any member of the genus Felis)
  4. (astronomy, historical) the obsolete constellation Felis

Usage notes

Katze is the common term to refer to a cat (both male and female ones). The derived form Kätzin is mostly restricted to poetic language and technical language.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Katze die Katzen
genitive einer der Katze der Katzen
dative einer der Katze den Katzen
accusative eine die Katze die Katzen
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Declension of Katze [feminine]

Hyponyms

(any cat):

  • Großkatze (“member of Pantherinae”)
  • Kleinkatze
  • Kater (“male cat”)
  • Käterin (“female cat”) (Austrian, rare)
  • Kätzin (“female cat”)

Derived terms

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰat͡sə/
  • Rhymes: -atsə
  • Syllabification: Kat‧ze

Noun

Katze f

  1. plural of Katz

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Katze

  1. plural of Katz

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