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Added 10 October 2026

putsch

/pʊt͡ʃ/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about putsch at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.

Origin

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

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