Grütze

German (Berlin)

/ˈɡrʏt͡sə/

noun
Definitions
  • a food of coarsely ground cereal grains: groat(s)
  • coarse "grains" or bits of fruit, or a dish made from these
  • (colloquial) brains, shrewdness, prudence
  • (colloquial) intellectual poverty, brainlet, retardation
  • (colloquial) rhubarb rhubarb, humbug, aesthetical tripe

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German grütze inherited from Old High German gruzzi (coarse grains).

Origin

Old High German

gruzzi

Gloss

coarse grains

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