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German
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Etymology
Folk-etymologically aligned to Spatz (“cat”) + Eck (“corner”); the original shape is dubious and from dialectology various Rhaeto-Romance derivations are suggested.
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Noun
Spatzeck n (strong or mixed, genitive Spatzeckes or Spatzecks, plural Spatzecke or Spatzecken)
- (Austria, Switzerland, Swabia, Bohemia) the wood piece struck in the tipcat game
- Synonym: (Switzerland) Niggelschlagen
1875 March 7, Duxer Wochenblatt, volume III. Jahrgang, number 10, page 77:Auf dem Marktplatze und zwar in der Nähe der Kirche vergnügen sich tagtäglich die Knaben mit dem sogenannten Spatzeckspiel und ich hatte unlängst Gelegenheit zu sehen, wie ein vorübergehendes Kind von einem Spatzek heftig getroffen wurde und vor Schmerz aufschrie. Hat denn unsere Polizei kein offenes Auge für die Gefährlichkeit dieses Spieles auf einer Stelle wo der regste Verkehr herrscht? Oder will man abwarten bis ein größeres Malheuer passirt ist?- On the market-place and this near the church the boys everyday entertained themselves with the so-called tipcat game and I lately had the opportunity to see how a passing child was struck by a tipcat and cried out from pain. Has our police no open eye for the hazard of this game on a spot with liveliest traffic? Or are they willing to wait until a major misfortune occurs?
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References
- Plangg, Guntram A. (1994) “Zum Namen eines rätoromanischen Kinderspiels in Vorarlberg”, in Bludenzer Geschichtsblätter, volume 16, page 44 seqq. = Plangg, Guntram A. (1987) Georges Lüdi, Hans Stricker, Jakob Wüest, editor, Romania ingeniosa. Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Gerold Hilty zum 60. Geburtstag. Mélanges offerts à Gerold Hilty à l’occasion de son 60e anniversaire, Bern, pages 35–42
- “Meister im Spatzeckeln”, in Vorarlberger Nachrichten, 2019 July 11, page 3