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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Latsche.
Noun
latschen (uncountable)
- Synonym of krummholz (“dense low matted bushes at the tree-line”)
1853, Charles Boner, Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria, page 286:At first he was partly hidden among the latschen, then his hind-quarters, quite black, emerged from the dark green bushes, as he slowly moved on, perfectly unconscious of our neighbourhood.
Anagrams
German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
latschen (weak, third-person singular present latscht, past tense latschte, past participle gelatscht, auxiliary sein)
- (colloquial) to traipse, trudge
2022 May 21, Adrian Lobe, “Eine virtuelle Tour durch „Roblox“: Im Cabrio durchs Metaversum”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Ich überquere die Straße und latsche ins Polizeirevier. Drinnen: gähnende Leere. Kein Polizist weit und breit. Anscheinend haben hier alle frei.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
latschen (
weak, auxiliary
sein)
1Permitted officially in Austria; used colloquially throughout the German-speaking area.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
latschen (
weak, auxiliary
sein)
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