Bingelkraut

German

Einjähriges Bingelkraut
(Mercurialis annua)

Alternative forms

• Bengelkraut

Etymology

From bingeln, a dialectal form of now standard pinkeln (“to pee”), by the diuretic effect of Mercurialis annua. For the same reason it is called in dialectal Slovene usȃčnica, usačna zel from uscáti se (“to relieve oneself of water”). Other relevant names of the plant include Scheißkraut, Scheißmelde, Schweißkraut, Schweißmelde, Ruhrkaut, Klystierkraut.

Alternatively, bingel may represent a diminutive of the noun attested in in Old High German as bungo, which refers to a type of bulbiferous plant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɪŋl̩ˌkʁaʊ̯t], [ˈbɪŋəlˌkʁaʊ̯t], [ˈbɪŋl̩ˌkraʊ̯t], [ˈbɪŋəlˌkraʊ̯t]

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Noun

Bingelkraut n (strong, genitive Bingelkrautes or Bingelkrauts, plural Bingelkräuter)

1. mercury (Mercurialis gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of Bingelkraut [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bingelkraut	die	Bingelkräuter
genitive	eines	des	Bingelkrautes, Bingelkrauts	der	Bingelkräuter
dative	einem	dem	Bingelkraut, Bingelkraute1	den	Bingelkräutern
accusative	ein	das	Bingelkraut	die	Bingelkräuter

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• → Dutch: bingelkruid
• → Serbo-Croatian: bingulja