Masculine

Spatz

Meaning

  1. (Southern, Western, especially, masculine, mixed, weak) sparrow
  2. (masculine, mixed, weak) house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Concepts

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

tschilpi

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃpats/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German spaz, spatze, from a diminutive of sparwe, from Old High German sparo + -izo (compare Wanze and names like Fritz, Heinz, Kunz). Related with Sperling.

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