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German
Etymology
Partial calque of Central Franconian i-Dötzje (“first-year pupil”), from the letter i, which was traditionally the first letter that school children learnt, and the noun Dotz (“little, often chubby, child”). This word’s original meaning is "knob, bump", it being probably cognate with Dutch dot, English dot. The word i-Dötzje might therefore alternatively be derived from i-Dotz meaning "dot of the i", as has been proposed; but neither is this latter sense in general use, nor does the derivation suggest itself semantically.
Pronunciation
Noun
i-Dötzchen n (strong, genitive i-Dötzchens, plural i-Dötzchen)
- (informal, regional, chiefly Rhineland, but spreading Germany-wide) first-year pupil; child who has just started school; abecedarian
- Synonyms: ABC-Schütze, Abc-Schütze, Abcschütze; (especially Central German) Erstklässer; (Austrian) Erstklassler; Erstklässler; (Rhenish) i-Dotz; (regional) i-Männchen; Schulanfänger; (Austrian, colloquial) Taferlklassler
Declension