Feminine

Wurzel

Meaning

  1. (feminine) root
  2. (feminine) root
  3. (feminine, figuratively) root
  4. (feminine) root
  5. (feminine) root
  6. (feminine, historical) root
  7. (Northern-Germany, feminine) carrot

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wuurze

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wuurzle

Zürich

Zürich

wurzel

Zürich

Zürich

wurzle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩/
Etymology

In summary

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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