Würze

See also: würze

German

Etymology

From Middle High German würze (ca. 1300). The form could go back through Old High German *wurza to a possible Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju, for which speaks Old Saxon wurtia. However, Pfeifer considers it a collective use of the plural of wurz (“herb, spice”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, *wurtiz, merged with Middle and Old High German wirz (“beerwort”), from Proto-Germanic *wirtiz, itself an ablaut variant of the former (compare Middle Low German werte, Old Norse virtr). See also Gewürz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʏʁt͡sə/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Wür‧ze

Noun

Würze f (genitive Würze, plural Würzen)

1. spice, aroma
2. (brewing) wort

Declension

Declension of Würze [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Würze	die	Würzen
genitive	einer	der	Würze	der	Würzen
dative	einer	der	Würze	den	Würzen
accusative	eine	die	Würze	die	Würzen

Derived terms

• in der Kürze liegt die Würze
• Stammwürze

Further reading

• “Würze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Würze” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Würze” in Duden online
• “Würze” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Würze on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de