Warze

See also: warze and warzę

German

Etymology

From Middle High German warze, Old High German warza, from Proto-Germanic *wartǭ. Cognate with Old Norse varta, Old English wearte, Dutch wrat (“to grow”), English wart, Gothic *𐍅𐌰𐍂𐍄𐍉 (*wartō).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaʁtsə/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaːtsə/ (common; particularly northern and central Germany)
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Noun

Warze f (genitive Warze, plural Warzen)

  1. wart

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

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Warze”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading
  • “Warze” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Warze” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Warze” in Duden online
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