putzen

(Englisch)

  1. (intransitive, transitive, weak) to clean, especially by rubbing with something wet, to brush (one's teeth)
  2. (reflexive, weak) to groom oneself
  3. (dated, reflexive, weak) to beautify oneself by washing, styling, and putting on fancy clothes

Frequenz

B2
Dialekte

Zürich

Zürich

putze

Aargau

Aargau

putze

Bern

Bern

putze

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

putze

Bern

Bern

putzä

Zürich

Zürich

putzä

Solothurn

Solothurn

putze

Luzern

Luzern

potze

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

putze

Zug

Zug

putze

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

butze

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

butze

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

putze

Graubünden

Graubünden

putza

Zug

Zug

butze

Obwalden

Obwalden

putzä

Luzern

Luzern

botze

Freiburg

Freiburg

putze

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

potza

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

pütza

Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen

putzä

Schwyz

Schwyz

putze

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

putzä

Solothurn

Solothurn

butze

Solothurn

Solothurn

potze

Thurgau

Thurgau

butzä

Thurgau

Thurgau

putze

Wallis

Wallis

putzu

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

butze

Zürich

Zürich

ufrume

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

botze

Aargau

Aargau

butzä

Zürich

Zürich

butze

Obwalden

Obwalden

butzä

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
[ˈpʰʊtsən]
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

15th century, also in the form butzen. Origin unknown. Perhaps derived from Middle High German butze (“lump, piece, stump”), from Old High German *butz, from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (whence also English butt), with the interpretation of the verb being "to (remove) lumps and stumps", but there are several other theories. Perhaps related to Latin puto in the sense of "clean".

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