putzig

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German or Dutch potsig (funny, cute), which belongs to Old French bocer.;[1] related to Butz (goblin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʊtsɪç/, [ˈpʊtsɪç]
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Adjective

putzig (strong nominative masculine singular putziger, comparative putziger, superlative am putzigsten)

  1. cute, sweet
  2. funny, comical

Declension

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “putzig”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

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