Katz

Kàtz katz English + (surname) Etymology As a Jewish name generally explained as en he כ"ץ Katz, abbreviation of he כֹּהֵן צֶדֶק kohén tzédeq righteous priest. However, the name also exists among non-Jewish Germans, where it is derived from en de Katze (“cat”, cf. en Catt), from various placenames (de Katzenelnbogen, Katzenberg, Katzenstein), or even from a byform of de 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 en Cohn, principally a German name from en Conrad, but popularized among Jews due to the phonetic similarity with the word for “priest” mentioned above). Pronunciation en /kæts/ en æts 1 en cats Cats kats Kats khats qats qhats Proper noun en Kats. en 2016-09-01 Carl Hoffman The project that could help determine Israel's future w:The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/Metro/Tel-Aviv-Light-Rail-What-a-difference-a-year-makes-466080 https://web.archive.org/web/20220204064039/https://www.jpost.com/metro/tel-aviv-light-rail-what-a-difference-a-year-makes-466080 IF VOLFER is happy, Transportation Minister Israel Katz seems almost jubilant. en 2019-10-07 Kate Springer Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/multiple-passports-citizenship/index.html In 2017, Katz estimated that around 5,000 people per year were acquiring citizenship abroad through CIPs. https://web.archive.org/web/20250930222612/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/multiple-passports-citizenship/index.html 30 September 2025 Derived terms en Katz syndrome Katzian Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Katz is the 1101st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 31,780 individuals. Katz is most common among White (95.31%) individuals. East Central German Etymology From gmw-ecg goh kazza, from gmw-ecg la-lat catta, feminine of la cattus. Cognate with de Katze. Noun gmw-ecg noun f gmw-ecg Erzgebirgisch cat References 1992 Karl Heinz Schmidt, Wie dr Schnoobl gewaschen is, P. 27 gmw-ecg Cats German Pronunciation de [kat͡s] de De-Katz.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Katz de ats 1 de Kats Noun de noun genitive Katz plural Katzen f de outside idioms now _ poetic or colloquial de Katze cat Derived terms de für die Katz de Katz und Maus de Katz-und-Maus-Spiel Further reading Hunsrik Alternative forms hrx khats Wiesemann Etymology hrx :inh gmh:katze<id:cat> cat +88 2 Pronunciation Noun f Katze Ketzje cat (Felis catus species) hrx Die Katze jachte Mais. The cats hunt mice. hrx Meer hon en schwarze un en graue Katz. We have a black and a gray cat. hrx strictly she-cat hrx Kaarer<q:male cat> Derived terms hrx Katzekralle Katzeschwanz References hrx Cats Female animals Luxembourgish Etymology From early lb de Kotz. Cognate with de Kotze. Pronunciation lb /kɑts/ lb ɑts 1 Noun m f - lb informal vomit, puke Related terms lb katzen Pennsylvania German Etymology pdc gmw-pro gem-pro la-lat 2 From pdc gmh katze, from pdc goh kazza. Cognate with de Katze. Noun pdc noun f plural Katze cat