Fetz

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Central Franconian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably the same word as German Fetzen (rag, tatter”, also “slovenly person).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Fetz m (plural Fetze, diminutive Fetzje)

  1. (Ripuarian) a young boy, especially a naughty one (but always in a mild tone)
    • 2014, “Ich han dä Millowitsch jesinn”‎[1]performed by Kuhl un de Gäng:
      Ich kleine Fetz wor noch esu jong,
      Un hä wor fass ald hondert Johr alt
      Un wood op de Bühn jebraht.
      Me, a little boy, was still so young,
      And he was almost a hundred years old
      And was carried to the stage.