Pänz

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Pänz is a mostly plural word for children in the Rhineland , Hunsrück and the central Ruhr area . The expression is widespread and, according to the German dictionary of the Brothers Grimm, also occurs singularly in the Cologne area: “the Panzer” or “the Panzer” stands for “the child”. In Saarland, the word is also used as Pänsje ( diminutive singular) or Pänsjer (diminutive plural) in the Rhine-Franconian-speaking area .

Word origin

The origin is Latin pantex , paunch, as (big) belly, like in rumen or penz. Panzer initially means "rumen" or "belly" (especially a well-fed one). Its use as tripe , which used to be a very cheap food, has been derogatory among other things in the case of tripe swallowers. In a figurative sense, a tank is used to describe a fat person or a child. In the past the word had a negative connotation as “children who are greedy for food”, “children who are badly brought up etc. therefore are intolerable ”; it was only used in crude language as an expression for children in general. Today that negative undertone has disappeared.

The singularly related Penz is used because of the reference to Penning (nhd. Pfennig ) for small coins (money), small pieces, or Pinn in the Düsseldorf Rheinisch for little boys.

use

The word Pänz has entered colloquial language in the Rhineland and is widely used in the local press and by institutions and associations.

The Neusser Heimatfreunde named their pupil dialect competition Pänz opp Platt . The Kreissparkasse Köln has set up a “Foundation Kreissparkasse für uns Pänz” to support children. The website of the Cologne City Museum for children is entitled "Cologne City Museum for Pänz". A young talent competition for hand- crafted speakers at the carnival in Düsseldorf is called “Pänz en de Bütt”. Alexander von Chiari changed the motto he had devised for the Cologne Rose Monday procession in 2005, " Cologne and the kids of the world, don't just celebrate fast empty", after protests in the motto to "Kölle un die Pänz der Welt", so that the English word " Kids ”, the Ripuarian word“ Pänz ”was used. For this he received the Teacher Welsch Language Prize in 2004 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Pänz  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Honnen : Kappes, Knies and Klüngel: Regional dictionary of the Rhineland . S. 141 books.google.de
  2. ↑ that, that, that armor. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 13 : N, O, P, Q - (VII). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1889 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  3. ↑ Edith Braun, Max Mangold: Saarbrücker Dictionary . Saarbrücker Druckerei und Verlag, 1984, ISBN 3-921646-70-7 , p. 192.
  4. ↑ Plants. duden.de
  5. ↑ The Latin Pantex is actually the origin of the Cologne word Panz. Word of the month at the Rhenish Institute for Regional Studies and Regional History
  6. ^ "Comparable is the Cologne word Balch." ( Balg ), the Kölsch Academy is quoted here .
  7. ↑ Contributions to German Philology , Volume 41. Wilhelm Schmitz Verlag, Gießen 1975, p. 173, google.de/search
  8. ↑ quoted from: Adam Wrede : Neuer Koelnischer Sprachschatz (1956). 10th edition. 1988, Volume 2, p. 282
  9. ↑ Panz, Pänz, Penz ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Alde Düsseldorfer @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.aldeduesseldorfer.de
  10. ↑ Georg Cornelissen : Rheinisches Deutsch: who speaks how with whom and why , Greven, p. 102, books.google.de
  11. ↑ books.google.de
  12. ^ Foundation Kreissparkasse for us Pänz
  13. ^ Cologne City Museum for Pänz
  14. ^ "Pänz en de Bütt" Düsseldorf's great offspring . In: Rheinische Post , January 24, 2010
  15. ↑ "Kids" is simply embarrassing . In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger , February 28, 2004
  16. Jump over your own shadow . In: Kölnische Rundschau , July 19, 2004