Alraune
German
Etymology
From Middle High German alrūne, Old High German alrūna (“mandrake, sorceress”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (rūna, “secret”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
Alraune f (genitive Alraune, plural Alraunen)
- mandrake (botany)
Declension
References
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Alraune”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
- “Alraune” in Duden online