Morast

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German mōras, an alteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch maras on the basis of the predecessor of German Moor (“bog; moor”). (Compare the same in modern Dutch moeras.) The Dutch word is borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French mareis, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *marisk (“marsh, swamp”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mariskaz (“marsh, swamp”), whence also German Marsch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈʁast/

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Noun

Morast f (genitive Morasts or Morastes, plural Moraste or Moräste)

1. mud
2. morass

Derived terms

• morastig