Grütze

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (feminine) a food of coarsely ground cereal grains: groat(s)
2. (feminine) coarse "grains" or bits of fruit, or a dish made from these
3. (colloquial, feminine) brains, shrewdness, prudence
4. (colloquial, derogatory, feminine) intellectual poverty, brainlet, retardation
5. (colloquial, feminine) rhubarb rhubarb, humbug, aesthetical tripe

Synonyme

Graupen

Grießbrei

Hafer

Denkvermögen

Geist

Geisteskraft

Grieß

Intelligenz

Klugheit

Köpfchen

Scharfsinn

Scharfsinnigkeit

Vernunft

Verstand

Grips

Schleimsuppe

Gehirnschmalz

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Brei -s

Buchweizen

Denkfähigkeit

Übersetzungen

groats

gruau

griesmeelpap

grano

χυλός

cereals

gort

brouet

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avoine

gruel

bouillie

porridge

mush

grits

Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

gritz

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɡrʏt͡sə/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelhochdeutsch: grütze

Geerbt von Althochdeutsch: gruzzi

In summary

From Middle High German grütze, from Old High German gruzzi (“coarse grains”), of the same root as Proto-Germanic *greutą = English grit, German Grieß.
The term is applied to “ground” fruit because older desserts such as rote Grütze originally included cereal grains, and preserved the name despite substituting starch for the cereal grains; more recent dishes (e.g. gelbe Grütze) are named by analogy to the older dishes. For the “shrewdness“ sense a contamination by Early New High German Kritz cannot be excluded, that apart from being an instance noun to complement today’s kritzeln also meant “wit”.