Wurzel

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German wurzel, from Old High German wurzala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- + *waluz. Compare Dutch wortel, Luxembourgish Wuerzel, Hunsrik Worzel, Low German Wuddel, Wortel, Vilamovian wücuł, West Frisian woartel, Old English wyrtwalu, Middle English wortwale; cf. modern English wort.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩/
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Noun

Wurzel f (genitive Wurzel, plural Wurzeln, diminutive Würzelchen n or Würzlein n)

  1. root
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, number 28/2010, page 93:
      Fast alle Amerikaner können ihre Wurzeln in fremde Länder zurückverfolgen, und deshalb ist Einwanderung ein Thema, das die Identität der USA auf besondere Weise berührt.
      Nearly all Americans can trace back their roots into foreign countries, and therefore immigration is an issue that touches the identity of the US in a special way.
    1. (biology) root
    Synonym: Wurz
    1. (figurative) root, the primary source, origin
    2. (mathematics) root, especially square root
      Die Quadratwurzel aus 16 ist 4. Die Kubikwurzel aus 27 ist 3. Die vierte Wurzel aus 10000 ist 10.
      The square root of 16 is 4. The cubic root of 27 is 3. The fourth root of 10000 is 10.
    3. (linguistic morphology) root, the irreducible skeleton of a word
    4. (historical linguistics) root, internal etymon
  2. (Northern Germany) carrot

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Further reading

  • Wurzel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Wurzel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Wurzel” in Duden online
  • Wurzel” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Wurzel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de