latzen

From dialects, including Central Franconian latze (“to pay”). Most dialect dictionaries besides the Rheinisches Wörterbuch attest only the senses “to feast, batten” and “to be idle, linger”. Plausibly derived from Latz (“bib, flap”), thus originally “to open one’s bib”. This might also explain the aforementioned two senses, but the relation is uncertain.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlatsən/

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latzen (weak, third-person singular present latzt, past tense latzte, past participle gelatzt, auxiliary haben)

1. (colloquial, regional) to pay an annoying amount of money, to fork over

   Synonym: blechen

   Pass auf! Wenn du hier geblitzt wirst, musst du ordentlich latzen.

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