Würze

See also: würze

German

Etymology

From Middle High German würze (ca. 1300). The form could go back through Old High German *wurza to a possible Proto-West Germanic *wurtiju, for which speaks Old Saxon wurtia. However, Pfeifer considers it a collective use of the plural of wurz (“herb, spice”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōts, *wurtiz, merged with Middle and Old High German wirz (“beerwort”), from Proto-Germanic *wirtiz, itself an ablaut variant of the former (compare Middle Low German werte, Old Norse virtr). See also Gewürz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvʏʁt͡sə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Wür‧ze

Noun

Würze f (genitive Würze, plural Würzen)

  1. spice, aroma
  2. (brewing) wort

Declension
Declension of Würze [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Würze die Würzen
genitive einer der Würze der Würzen
dative einer der Würze den Würzen
accusative eine die Würze die Würzen

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Würze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Würze” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Würze” in Duden online
  • “Würze” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Würze on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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