Nerz

German

Etymology

From older Nörz, from Upper Sorbian nórc (“mink”), originally meaning "diver", from Proto-Slavic *nora (“den, lair”), *noriti (“to dive, duck”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Nerz m (strong, genitive Nerzes, plural Nerze)

1. mink

Declension

Declension of Nerz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Nerz	die	Nerze
genitive	eines	des	Nerzes	der	Nerze
dative	einem	dem	Nerz, Nerze1	den	Nerzen
accusative	einen	den	Nerz	die	Nerze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• → Armenian: ներց (nercʻ)
• → Dutch: nerts
• → Serbo-Croatian: nerc
• → Silesian: nerc

Further reading

• “Nerz” in Duden online
• “Nerz”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)