Metze

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛt͡sə/

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• Hyphenation: Me‧tze

Etymology 1

From a regional variant of Mechthild, perhaps influenced by Magd.

Noun

Metze f (genitive Metze, plural Metzen)

1. (obsolete, derogatory) prostitute, whore

   Synonyms: Hure, Dirne, Schlampe

   • 1914, Johannes R. Becher, “Päan des Aufruhrs”, in Verfall und Triumph:

     Ihr Hurenvölker, Metzen, aller Länder Schlampen! / Die euch zermalmt, steinerne Flut, sie naht.

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Declension

Declension of Metze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Metze	die	Metzen
genitive	einer	der	Metze	der	Metzen
dative	einer	der	Metze	den	Metzen
accusative	eine	die	Metze	die	Metzen

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle High German metze m, from Old High German mezza f, mezzo m. Perhaps related to messen (“to measure”). Cognate with Old English mitta.

Noun

Metze f (genitive Metze, plural Metzen)

1. (obsolete) a dry measure for corn

Declension

Declension of Metze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Metze	die	Metzen
genitive	einer	der	Metze	der	Metzen
dative	einer	der	Metze	den	Metzen
accusative	eine	die	Metze	die	Metzen

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Metze m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Metzes or (with an article) Metze, feminine genitive Metze, plural Metzes or Metze)

1. a surname

Further reading

• Metze on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Metze” in Duden online
• “Metze” in Duden online
• “Metze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Metze”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 476
• “Metze” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Metze” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon