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Katze

German

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Eine Katze.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German katze, Old High German kazza, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus. Akin to Old English catt (“cat”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkatsə/ (most of Germany)
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑtːsə/ (Austro-Bavarian, Switzerland, regional Germany)
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  • Rhymes: -atsə
  • Hyphenation: Kat‧ze

Noun

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Katze f (genitive Katze, plural Katzen, diminutive Kätzchen n or Kätzlein n, masculine männliche Katze or Kater, feminine weibliche Katze or Kätzin or Katerin)

  1. house cat, Felis silvestris catus
    Synonym: Hauskatze
  2. (specifically) female house cat
    Synonym: (uncommon) Kätzin
  3. cat (any member of the genus Felis)
  4. (astronomy, historical) the obsolete constellation Felis

Usage notes

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Katze is the common term to refer to a cat (both male and female ones). The derived form Kätzin is mostly restricted to poetic language and technical language.

Declension

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Declension of Katze [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Katze die Katzen
genitive einer der Katze der Katzen
dative einer der Katze den Katzen
accusative eine die Katze die Katzen

Antonyms

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(antonym(s) of “female cat”):

Hypernyms

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(cat):

Hyponyms

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(any cat):

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Katze f

  1. plural of Katz

Pennsylvania German

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Noun

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Katze

  1. plural of Katz
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