strotzen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German strotzen, ultimately from the root of starren (to be covered). Cognate with Old Norse þrútenn (swollen), English strut.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtʁɔt͡sn̩]
  • Hyphenation: strot‧zen
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Verb

strotzen (weak, third-person singular present strotzt, past tense strotzte, past participle gestrotzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to be full of, to overflow with, to teem with, etc. [+ von (object)] or [+ vor (object)]
    Die Mannschaft strotzt zu Beginn des Spiels vor Selbstvertrauen.
    The team is bursting with confidence at the start of the game.

Conjugation

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “strotzen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

  • strotzen” in Duden online
  • strotzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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