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German
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɔʁtˌʃat͡s/
- Hyphenation: Wort‧schatz
Noun
Wortschatz m (strong, genitive Wortschatzes, plural Wortschätze)
- vocabulary
- Synonym: Vokabular
- (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?
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Hunsrik
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Noun
Wortschatz m (plural Wortschetz)
- vocabulary
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