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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.
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Noun
Wurzel f (genitive Wurzel, plural Wurzeln, diminutive Würzelchen n or Würzlein n)
- 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.
- (biology) root
- Synonym: Wurz
- (figurative) root, the primary source, origin
- (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.
- (linguistic morphology) root, the irreducible skeleton of a word
- (historical linguistics) root, internal etymon
- (Northern Germany) carrot
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