chätsche
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- chätschä, chätscha
Etymology
Unknown. Possibly onomatopoeic.
Verb
chätsche
- to chew (in particular loudly or with little success (as on a chewing gum))
- Synonym: chaue
Derived terms
- Chätschgummi (“chewing gum”)
Further reading
- Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume 3, 1895, column 577