Peitsche

German

Etymology

From a Slavic language (compare Polish bicz, Czech bič), from Proto-Slavic *bičь (“whip, lash”), from *biti (“to beat”) + *-čь.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Peitsche f (genitive Peitsche, plural Peitschen)

1. whip

Declension

Declension of Peitsche [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Peitsche	die	Peitschen
genitive	einer	der	Peitsche	der	Peitschen
dative	einer	der	Peitsche	den	Peitschen
accusative	eine	die	Peitsche	die	Peitschen

Derived terms

• Kettenpeitsche

Descendants

• → Kashubian: pécz
• → Polish: pejcz

Further reading

• “Peitsche” in Duden online
• “Peitsche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache