Alemannic German

Noun

Putsch m ‎(plural Pütsch, diminutive Pütschli)

1. grove, copse

Etymology 2

Noun

Putsch m ‎(plural Putsch, diminutive Pütschli)

1. hit, blow, stroke
2. putsch, revolt

German

Etymology

From Alemannic German, literally meaning “blow”.

Noun

Putsch m ‎(genitive Putsches, plural Putsche)

1. coup d'état, armed uprising, putsch

English

Noun

putsch ‎(plural putsches)

1. A coup; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government.

   Afterward, the ringleaders of the failed putsch were publicly executed.

   • 2010, Thompson, M. 2010. Modernisation theory’s last redoubt: democratisation in east and south east Asia. In Yin-wah Chu and Siu-lun Wong (ed), 'East Asia's new democracies: deepening, reversal, non-liberal alternatives'. London, Routledge.p98.

     "They have broken the democratic rules of the game by supporting popular mobilisation that has resulted in what can be dubbed a "people power putsch"."

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:putsch.

Synonyms

• coup
• coup d'état, coup d'etat

Translations

French

Etymology

From German Putsch.

Noun

putsch m ‎(plural putschs)

1. putsch; military coup d'etat

Portuguese

Noun

putsch m (plural putsches)

1. putsch; coup (effort to overthrow the government)

Synonyms

• golpe de estado, golpe