latzen

Meaning

to pay an annoying amount of money, to fork over

Synonyms

springen lassen

berappen

löhnen

locker machen

hinblättern

rauspfeifen

ablatzen

in die Tasche greifen

Geld in die Hand nehmen

Zeche zahlen

Lehrgeld bezahlen müssen

geben für

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlatsən/
Etymology

From dialects, including Central Franconian latze (“to pay”). Most dialect dictionaries besides the Rheinisches Wörterbuch attest only the senses “to feast, batten” and “to be idle, linger”. Plausibly derived from Latz (“bib, flap”), thus originally “to open one’s bib”. This might also explain the aforementioned two senses, but the relation is uncertain.

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