Geschwür

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German geswër (abscess).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈʃvyːɐ̯/
  • Rhymes: -yːɐ̯
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Geschwür n (strong, genitive Geschwüres or Geschwürs, plural Geschwüre, diminutive Geschwürchen n)

  1. (pathology) abscess, ulcer

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Geschwür”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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