Masculine

Spargel

Concepts

asparagus spears

garden asparagus

Synonyms

Stangenspargel

Gemüsespargel

Asparagus officinalis

Gemeiner Spargel

Garten-Spargel

Frequency

23k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spaarse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃparɡəl/
Etymology

In summary

From 15th-century Middle High German sparge, spargen, sparges, from Medieval Latin sparagus, asparagus, in part through Italian sparago, sparagio. The form in -el (16th c.) probably after such plant names as Kerbel, Kümmel.

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