Wismut

German

Etymology

Often explained as a miner's contraction of wis mat "white mass" from Old High German hwiz "white".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪsmuːt/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Wismut n or m (strong, genitive Wismuts or Wismutes, no plural)

1. alternative form of Bismut: bismuth

Declension

Declension of Wismut [sg-only, neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Wismut
genitive	eines	des	Wismuts, Wismutes
dative	einem	dem	Wismut, Wismute1
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Wismut

¹Now rare, see notes.

Descendants

• → English: bismuth

Further reading

• “Wismut” in Duden online
• “Wismut”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Wismut” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Luxembourgish

Noun

Wismut ? (uncountable)

1. bismuth