Butz

See also: bütz

Central Franconian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic; compare southern German Bussi (“kiss”) and similar forms in many languages. But possibly based on, or conflated with, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). A second sense “push” is attested for some Central Franconian dialects. It may even be the older one if Dutch botsen (“collide”) is borrowed from it (as supposed in some of the literature).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buts/

Noun

Butz m (plural Bütz, diminutive Bützje)

  1. (chiefly Ripuarian) kiss
    Jevv mer ens e Bützje odder häs de mich nemmieh jään?
    So give me a kiss, or don’t you love me anymore?

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [bʊt͡s]
  • Hyphenation: Butz

Etymology 1

From Butzen.

Noun

Butz m (weak, genitive Butzen, plural Butzen)

  1. (regional outside Austria) apple core
Declension
Declension of Butz [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Butz die Butzen
genitive eines des Butzen der Butzen
dative einem dem Butzen den Butzen
accusative einen den Butzen die Butzen

Further reading
  • “Butz” in Duden online

Etymology 2

From Middle High German butze, related to Low German butt (“clumsy”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *buttaz.[1]

Noun

Butz m (weak, genitive Butzen, plural Butzen)

  1. (regional) goblin
Declension
Declension of Butz [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Butz die Butzen
genitive eines des Butzen der Butzen
dative einem dem Butzen den Butzen
accusative einen den Butzen die Butzen

Further reading
  • “Butz” in Duden online
  • “Butz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

References
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 298, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 298
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