Wurzel
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See also: wurzel
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German wurzel, from Old High German wurzala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- + *waluz. Compare Dutch wortel, Luxembourgish Wuerzel, Hunsrik Worzel, Low German Wuddel, Wortel, Vilamovian wücuł, West Frisian woartel, Old English wyrtwalu, Middle English wortwale; cf. modern English wort.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Wurzel f (genitive Wurzel, plural Wurzeln, diminutive Würzelchen n or Würzlein n)
- root
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 28/2010, page 93:
- Fast alle Amerikaner können ihre Wurzeln in fremde Länder zurückverfolgen, und deshalb ist Einwanderung ein Thema, das die Identität der USA auf besondere Weise berührt.
- Nearly all Americans can trace back their roots into foreign countries, and therefore immigration is an issue that touches the identity of the US in a special way.
- (biology) root
- (figuratively) root, the primary source, origin
- (mathematics) root, especially square root
- Die Quadratwurzel aus 16 ist 4. Die Kubikwurzel aus 27 ist 3. Die vierte Wurzel aus 10000 ist 10. ― The square root of 16 is 4. The cube root of 27 is 3. The fourth root of 10000 is 10.
- (linguistic morphology) root, the irreducable skeleton of a word
- (historical linguistics) root, internal etymon
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 28/2010, page 93:
- (Northern Germany) carrot
Declension[edit]
Declension of Wurzel [feminine]
Derived terms[edit]
- Wurzeln schlagen
- Wurzelwachstum
- Wurzelbildung
- Wurzelfüllung
- Wurzelholz
- Fußwurzel
- Handwurzel
- Haarwurzel
- Hauptwurzel
- Luftwurzel
- Nebenwurzel
- Quadratwurzel
- Zahnwurzel
- (linguistics) Wortwurzel, Wurzelwort
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Further reading[edit]
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