Fitzel

German

Etymology

Diminutive of Fitze (“strand of yarn”). See also Fetzen (“scrap, rag”) and zerfetzen (“to tear apart, to lacerate, to shred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɪt͡sl̩]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Fit‧zel

Noun

Fitzel m or n (strong, genitive Fitzels, plural Fitzel, diminutive Fitzelchen n)

1. shred (a tiny piece of something)

   Synonym: (less common) Fitzchen

Declension

Declension of Fitzel [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Fitzel	die	Fitzel
genitive	eines	des	Fitzels	der	Fitzel
dative	einem	dem	Fitzel	den	Fitzeln
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Fitzel	die	Fitzel

Hyponyms

• Papierfitzel

Related terms

• Schnipsel
• Krümel
• Fetzen

Further reading

• “Fitzel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Fitzel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Fitzel” in Duden online
• "Fitzel", owid.de