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German
Etymology
Since 1737, from Serbo-Croatian kukuruz, further origin disputed. Perhaps from Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز (kukuruz), from Albanian *kokërrëz, from kokërr (“pellet, grain”).[1]
Compare Russian кукуруза (kukuruza), Hungarian kukorica, Slovene koruza, Polish kukurydza, etc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʊkurʊt͡s/, /ˈkuːkurʊt͡s/
Noun
Kukuruz m (strong, genitive Kukuruzes or Kukuruz, no plural)
- (southeastern and western Austria, Bavaria) maize, corn
- Synonym: Mais
1737 September 28, Mercurii Relation, oder wochentliche Ordinari Zeitungen von underschidlichen Orthen:Die Infanterie/ welche den Marsch nicht wohl folgen können hätte er jenseits der Morava marschiren lassen/ die also einen Tag später anlangen wurde/ Fourage wurde die Cavallerie aufdisem Marsch antreffen/ zumahlen der häufsig angebaute Kukuruz der Orten vollkommen zeitig/ auch ausserdem vorräthigen Heu noch vil Gersten im Feldstunde:- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading
- “Kukuruz” in Duden online
- “Kukuruz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache