Katze
/ˈkat͡sə/noun
A cat.
Did you know?German Katze belongs to a pan-European cat-word family built from imitation of the cat’s call, and it ultimately helped shape the English word cat too.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*katt- / *kat-
“An imitative cat-call or cat-name base, probably echoing the animal’s sound”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*kattuz
“Cat”
Old High German
OHG
kazza
“Cat”
Middle High German
MHG
katze
“Cat”
Modern German
German
Katze
“Cat”