Fetz

Fetz

Central Franconian

Etymology

Probably the same word as German Fetzen (“rag, tatter”, also “slovenly person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛts/

Noun

Fetz m (plural Fetze, diminutive Fetzje)

1. (Ripuarian) a young boy, especially a naughty one (but always in a mild tone)
   • 2014, “Ich han dä Millowitsch jesinn”‎, performed by Kuhl un de Gäng:

     Ich kleine Fetz wor noch esu jong,
     Un hä wor fass ald hondert Johr alt
     Un wood op de Bühn jebraht.

     Me, a little boy, was still so young,
     And he was almost a hundred years old
     And was carried to the stage.