Würze – German noun declension

German noun forms of Würze

Noun: Würze
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:

Nominative

Indefinite

Singulareine Würze
Plural Würzen

Definite

Singulardie Würze
Pluraldie Würzen

Genitive

Indefinite

Singulareiner Würze
Plural Würzen

Definite

Singularder Würze
Pluralder Würzen

Dative

Indefinite

Singulareiner Würze
Plural Würzen

Definite

Singularder Würze
Pluralden Würzen

Accusative

Indefinite

Singulareine Würze
Plural Würzen

Definite

Singulardie Würze
Pluraldie Würzen

Sample Sentences

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. See: Old Norse Nouns 'virtr'.

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