Katze

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German

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Eine Katze.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkatsə/ (most of Germany)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑtːsə/ (Austro-Bavarian, Switzerland, regional Germany)
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  • Rhymes: -atsə
  • Hyphenation: Kat‧ze

Noun

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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
  2. (specifically) female house cat
    Synonym: (uncommon) Kätzin
  3. cat (any member of the genus Felis)
  4. (astronomy, historical) the obsolete constellation Felis

Usage notes

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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

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Antonyms

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(antonym(s) of female cat):

Hypernyms

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(cat):

Hyponyms

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(any cat):

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Katze f

  1. plural of Katz

Pennsylvania German

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Noun

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Katze

  1. plural of Katz