Wut

See also: wut

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wuot, from Old High German wuot, from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz. Cognate with Dutch woede (“fury”), English wode (“mad, crazy”), which see.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vuːt/, [vuːt, ʋuːt]
• Rhymes: -uːt

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Noun

Wut f (genitive Wut, no plural)

1. rage; fury; outrage
2. anger; usually “strong, hateful anger” in literary German, but not necessarily in the vernacular
3. (in compounds, otherwise dated) ecstasy; frenzy

Synonyms

• (anger): Zorn; Ärger

Derived terms

• Arbeitswut
• Kampfeswut
• Organisationswut
• Sammelwut
• Tollwut
• Urwut
• Wutanfall
• Wutausbruch
• Wutbürger
• wüten
• wütend
• wutentbrannt
• wü­tig
• Wutrede
• wutschäumend
• wutschnaubend
• Zerstörungswut

 

Related terms

• Wotan (“Odin”)

Further reading

• “Wut” in Duden online

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vuːt/

Noun

Wut f

1. fury; rage; outrage

Derived terms

• wutich

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary