Katz

As a Jewish name generally explained as Hebrew כ״ץ (Katz), abbreviation of כֹּהֵן צֶדֶק (kohén tzédeq, literally “righteous priest”). However, the name also exists among non-Jewish Germans, where it is derived from German Katze (“cat”, cf. English Catt), from various placenames (Katzenelnbogen, Katzenberg, Katzenstein), or even from a byform of Ketzer (“heretic”). As evidenced by the Dictionary of American family names, several of these names are also found among Jews. Therefore it remains an open question to what extent the interpretation as “righteous priest” is secondary, given that it was a general practice among Ashkenazi Jews to derive or reinterpret names by phono-semantic matching (a prime example being Cohn, principally a German name from Conrad, but popularized among Jews due to the phonetic similarity with the word for “priest” mentioned above).

• IPA^(key): /kæts/
• Rhymes: -æts
• Homophone: cats

Katz

1. A surname.
   • 2019 October 7, Kate Springer, “Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     In 2017, Katz estimated that around 5,000 people per year were acquiring citizenship abroad through CIPs.

• Katz syndrome
• Katzian

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Katz is the 1101^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 31,780 individuals. Katz is most common among White (95.31%) individuals.

From Old High German kazza, from Late Latin catta, feminine of cattus. Cognate with German Katze.

Katz f

1. (Erzgebirgisch) cat

• 1992 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Wie dr Schnoobl gewaschen is, P. 27

• IPA^(key): [kat͡s]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Katz
• Rhymes: -ats
• Homophone: Kats

Katz f (genitive Katz, plural Katzen)

1. alternative form of Katze (“cat”)

In formal standard language, this form is used nowadays only in idioms. Colloquially it may be used more freely.

• für die Katz
• Katz und Maus
• Katz-und-Maus-Spiel

• “Katz” in Duden online
• “Katz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• khats (Wiesemann spelling)

Inherited from Middle High German katze, from Old High German kazza, from Proto-West Germanic *kattā, from Proto-Germanic *kattǭ, from *kattuz.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰat͡s/
• Rhymes: -ats
• Syllabification: Katz

Katz f (plural Katze, diminutive Ketzje)

1. cat (Felis catus)

   Die Katze jachte Mais.

   The cats hunt mice.

   Meer hon en schwarze un en graue Katz.

   We have a black and a gray cat.

2. (strictly) she-cat

   Coordinate term: (male cat) Kaarer

From early German Kotz. Cognate with German Kotze.

• IPA^(key): /kɑts/

  Rhymes: -ɑts

Katz m or f (uncountable)

1. (informal) vomit, puke

• katzen

From Middle High German katze, from Old High German kazza. Cognate with German Katze.

Katz f (plural Katze)

1. cat