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Plötze
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German
Pronunciation
de /ˈplœtsə/
de De-Plötze.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Plöt ze
Etymology 1
From de gml plötze (14th c.), from de pox - and/or de zlw-opl - (cf. modern pl płoć, pl płotka). Ultimately from de sla-pro *plotь.
Noun
f
common roach a fish, Rutilus rutilus species
de Rotauge
Declension
f
Derived terms
de Plötzensee
Etymology 2
de.
Proper noun
f.article or de less often n,s
de Berlin slang de Plötzensee, chiefly the Plötzensee Prison local prison
Etymology 3
From de gmh uff der pletzen (1392). Perhaps comparable to gml pletze meeting-place of a guild.Peter Paul Schweitzer (2002): Altdeutscher Wortschatz, internet publication at ippsch.de (retrieved 8 June 2026), page 92. Alternatively from a variant of gmh plaz (modern de Platz), for which feminine gender as well as singular forms with -e- are widely attested in West Central German.
Connection with the fish in etymology 1 is a folk etymology based on the coincidence that this street leads into the so-called de Fischmarkt.
Proper noun
f.article
de A <<street>> in Limburg a.d. Lahn, <<s/Hesse>>, <<c/Germany>>.
Etymology 4
de
Proper noun
m:f,s:-[with an article],s:-
de
References
de Leuciscine fish