Putsch

See also: putsch

Alemannic German

Pronunciation

• (Zurich) IPA^(key): /put͡ʃ/

Etymology 1

Noun

Putsch m (plural Pütsch, diminutive Pütschli)

1. grove, copse

Etymology 2

Imitative.

Noun

Putsch m (plural Putsch, diminutive Pütschli)

1. hit, blow, stroke
2. putsch, revolt

Descendants

• → German: Putsch
  • → Czech: puč
  • → English: putsch
  • → Esperanto: puĉo
  • → French: putsch
  • → Hungarian: puccs
  • → Polish: pucz
  • → Portuguese: putsch
  • → Romanian: puci
  • → Russian: путч (putč)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: пуч

    Latin script: puč

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Alemannic German Putsch (literally “blow”), popularized in the context of the Züriputsch in Zurich (1839).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊt͡ʃ/

• Audio

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Noun

Putsch m (strong, genitive Putsches, plural Putsche)

1. coup d'état, armed uprising, putsch

Declension

Declension of Putsch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Putsch	die	Putsche
genitive	eines	des	Putsches	der	Putsche
dative	einem	dem	Putsch, Putsche1	den	Putschen
accusative	einen	den	Putsch	die	Putsche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

• Umsturz

Related terms

• Putschversuch, Putschniederschlagung
• Militärputsch

Descendants

• → Czech: puč
• → English: putsch
• → Esperanto: puĉo
• → French: putsch
• → Hungarian: puccs
• → Polish: pucz
• → Portuguese: putsch
• → Romanian: puci
• → Russian: путч (putč)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: пуч

  Latin script: puč

Further reading

• “Putsch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Putsch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Putsch” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʰut͡ʃ/

Noun

Putsch m (plural Pitsch, diminutive Pitschje)

1. grove, copse

Derived terms

• putschich

 

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary