wurzeln

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German

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Verb

wurzeln (weak, third-person singular present wurzelt, past tense wurzelte, past participle gewurzelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to be rooted
    • 1930, Paul Joachimsen, “Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes”, in Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 8, page 419:
      Humanismus soll eine geistige Bewegung sein, die in einem Drang nach Wiederbelebung des klassischen Altertums wurzelt.
      Humanism shall be a spiritual movement that is rooted in an urge for the revival of the classical antiquity.

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Further reading

  • wurzeln” in Duden online
  • wurzeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache