See also: Putsch

English [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from German Putsch, from Alemannic German Putsch (“knock, thrust, blow”), of imitative origin.

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Noun [ edit ]

putsch (plural putsches)

A coup d'état; an illegal effort to forcibly overthrow the current government. coup coup d'état 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"."

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Quotations [ edit ]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:putsch

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Dutch [ edit ]

Alternative forms [ edit ]

Putsch ( dated )

Etymology [ edit ]

Borrowed from German Putsch.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : /putʃ/

: Audio

Hyphenation: putsch

Noun [ edit ]

putsch m (plural putschen)

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French [ edit ]

Etymology [ edit ]

From German Putsch.

Pronunciation [ edit ]

IPA (key) : /putʃ/

: Audio

Noun [ edit ]

putsch m (plural putschs)

Further reading [ edit ]

“putsch” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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