petzen

Betekenis

Concepten

Synoniemen

(Engels)

to tattle, snitch

Frequentie

Aargau

rätsche

Aargau

täfele

Gegevens verstrekt door: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpɛt͡sn̩/

Overgenomen van Middelhoogduits

Verwant aan Engels

In summary

Uncertain. Attested since the end of the 18th century, emerged in Halle, Germany, spread to all major German university cities by mid-19th century. Perhaps from Rotwelsch petzen, pezetten (“to report to the police, to betray”), from Yiddish [script needed] (Pezet), [script needed] (Peizaddik, “police”), from [script needed] (pe, “p (letter name)”) + [script needed] (zadik, “z (letter name)”) ("pz" for Polizei). Alternatively from Petze (“she-dog”), hence also the agent noun Petze (“tattler”).