Alraune

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Etymology

From Middle High German alrūne, Old High German alrūna (“mandrake, sorceress”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (rūna, “secret”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Alraune f (genitive Alraune, plural Alraunen)

  1. mandrake (botany)

Declension

Declension of Alraune
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Alraune die Alraunen
genitive einer der Alraune der Alraunen
dative einer der Alraune den Alraunen
accusative eine die Alraune die Alraunen

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Alraune”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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