Wortschatz

Wort (“word”) +‎ Schatz (“treasure”). Cognate with Dutch woordenschat, Afrikaans woordeskat and Luxembourgish Wuertschatz.

Attested since at least 1772 (see quote); possible calque of Dutch woordenschat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔʁtˌʃat͡s/

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• Hyphenation: Wort‧schatz

Wortschatz m (strong, genitive Wortschatzes, plural Wortschätze)

1. vocabulary

   Synonym: Vokabular

2. (linguistics) lexicon (vocabulary of a language; vocabulary used by an individual)

   Synonym: Lexikon

   • 1772, Johann von Herder, Abhandlung über den Ursprung der Sprache‎:

     Warum erfand Gott einen unnötigen Wortschatz, den nur, wie die Araber sagen, ein göttlicher Prophet in seinem ganzen Umfange fassen konnte?

     Why did God invent an unnecessary vocabulary that only, as the Arabs say, a divine prophet could grasp in its entirety?

• → Armenian: բառագանձ (baṙaganj) (calque)
• → Hungarian: szókincs (calque)
• → Hebrew: אוצר מילים (otsar milim) (calque)

• “Wortschatz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wortschatz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Wortschatz” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔtˌʃat͡s/

Wortschatz m (plural Wortschetz)

1. vocabulary

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary