Fotze

See also: fotze

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German fotze, votze, futze, see also Middle High German fut, vut (“sheath, vagina, vulva”), German Fut. Probably from Proto-Germanic *fuþiz (“vagina”). Akin to Bavarian Fotzen (“a slap in the face, on the mouth and the mouth itself”), Dutch vot (“arse”), Hunsrik Futz (“cunt”), Kölsch Fott (“buttocks”) and Scots fud (“cunt”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔtsə/
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Noun

Fotze f (genitive Fotze, plural Fotzen, diminutive Fötzchen n)

  1. (highly vulgar) cunt (vulva)
  2. (highly vulgar) cunt (swearword, usually towards women)
  3. (colloquial, regional, Bavaria, Austria) muzzle
    Halt die Fotze! ― Shut up! (literally, “Hold your muzzle!”)
  4. (colloquial, regional, Bavaria, Austria) slap in the face
    Synonyms: Ohrfeige, Watsche

Usage notes
  • Fotze said to a woman is one of the most offensive insults in the German language. In the sense of "vulva" it is also a highly vulgar and pejorative word.

Declension
Declension of Fotze [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Fotze die Fotzen
genitive einer der Fotze der Fotzen
dative einer der Fotze den Fotzen
accusative eine die Fotze die Fotzen
Compound words

Descendants
  • → Swedish: fåtsa (“slut, whore”)
    • → Finnish: vosu (“slut; young woman”)

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