Feminine
Wanze
- (feminine) a heteropteran; an insect of the suborder Heteroptera, a bug (in the strictest sense)
- (feminine) bug, wire, wiretap
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
wäntele
St. Gallen
wääntala
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvantsə/
Etymology
From Middle High German wanze, formed with the contractive suffix -ze (cf. Spatz, Heinz) from older Middle and Old High German wantlūs (“bug”, literally “wall louse”), equivalent to Wand + Laus.
Heteroptera
listening device
Wanze
coleopteron
bugging device
Überwachungsgerät
Heteroptera
Blut saugende Wanze
chinche
punaise
cimice pluskwa
κοριός
wandluis
percevejo
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