Rotz

Meaning

1. (masculine, no-plural, strong) snot
2. (masculine, no-plural, strong) glanders

Concepts

snot

nasal mucus

mucus

glanders

nasal discharge

booger

pituita

bogy

slime

snivel

dripping nose

bogey

Synonyms

Nasenschleim

Schnodder

Rotze

Popel

Schleim

Rotzkrankheit

Nasenpopel

Nasensekret

Translations

moco

morve

sümük

caccola

moccio

μύξα

mucus

snot

muco

muermo

moc

morva

moccolo

borm

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

schnuuder

Basel-Landschaft

zolgge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁɔt͡s/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: rotz

Inherited from Old High German: roz

Cognate with Old English: hrot

Cognate with Ancient Greek: κόρυζα

In summary

From Middle High German rotz, roz, from Old High German roz, hroz, from Proto-West Germanic *hrott, *hrot, *hrutt (“snot, slime”), which is likely ultimately of imitative origin.
Cognate with Old English hrot. Possibly related with Old High German hrūzan, Old English hrūtan (“to snore”). Compare also Ancient Greek κόρυζα (kóruza, “mucus”).