Sprosse

Meaning

  1. (feminine) rung, step, rundle
  2. (feminine) branch, tine, prong (of an antler)
  3. (feminine) sprout
  4. (Austria,abbreviation,alt-of,clipping,feminine) Clipping of Kohlsprosse (“Brussels sprout”).

Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

seigel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

saigel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

sprosse

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃpʁɔsə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German sprozze, from Old High German sprozzo (“bud, twig”); related to sprießen.

New
Spross

  1. (masculine,mixed,strong) bud
  2. (masculine,mixed,strong) descendant

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