Etymology

patzer

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Today it means: Synonym of woodpusher: a poor chess player. Full definition →

German Patzer
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  1. German · derived fromPatzer“bungler”
  2. English todaypatzer

Uncertain, but probably from German Patzer (“bungler”), from patzen.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.