"Zwetschge" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ˈtsvɛtʃ.ɡə] Audio: De-Zwetschge.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: From Middle High German Tzwetzschken, ultimately from the Vulgar Latin plural form *davascena, from Latin damascēna n pl (“damascene plums”), from Ancient Greek δαμασκηνά (damaskēná, “ibid.”) itself from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós, “Damascus”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|Tzwetzschken}} Middle High German Tzwetzschken, {{der|de|la-vul|-}} Vulgar Latin, {{der|de|la|damascēna|g=n-p|t=damascene plums}} Latin damascēna n pl (“damascene plums”), {{der|de|grc|δαμασκηνά|t=ibid.}} Ancient Greek δαμασκηνά (damaskēná, “ibid.”), {{der|de|grc|Δαμασκός|t=Damascus}} Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós, “Damascus”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Zwetschge f (genitive Zwetschge, plural Zwetschgen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Zwetschge [genitive], Zwetschgen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Zwetschge [nominative, singular], Zwetschgen [definite, nominative, plural], Zwetschge [genitive, singular], Zwetschgen [definite, genitive, plural], Zwetschge [dative, singular], Zwetschgen [dative, definite, plural], Zwetschge [accusative, singular], Zwetschgen [accusative, definite, plural], Quetsche [alternative, Alsace, Lorraine, Luxembourg, regional], Zwetsche [alternative], Zwetschke [alternative, regional]
  1. plum (fruit) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Pflaume
    Sense id: en-Zwetschge-de-noun-YvdzSWuZ
  2. freestone damson (Prunus domestica subsp. domestica) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Zwetschgenbaum
    Sense id: en-Zwetschge-de-noun-gcLQH9JL Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fruits, Prunus genus plants Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 4 89 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 93 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 93 4 Disambiguation of Fruits: 40 55 5 Disambiguation of Prunus genus plants: 1 94 5
  3. (slang, regional, also in the alternative forms) coochie, quim Tags: also, feminine, regional, slang
    Sense id: en-Zwetschge-de-noun-6mw-inHE Categories (other): Regional German, Genitalia Disambiguation of Genitalia: 16 26 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Zwetschgenbaum, Zwetschgenkuchen
Categories (other): Female Disambiguation of Female: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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