"Wurzel" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩/ Audio: De-Wurzel.ogg
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|wurzel}} Middle High German wurzel, {{inh|de|goh|wurzala}} Old High German wurzala, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*wurt-}} Proto-Germanic *wurt-, {{m|gem-pro|*waluz}} *waluz, {{cog|nl|wortel}} Dutch wortel, {{cog|lb|Wuerzel}} Luxembourgish Wuerzel, {{cog|hrx|Worzel}} Hunsrik Worzel, {{cog|nds|Wuddel}} Low German Wuddel, {{m|nds|Wortel}} Wortel, {{cog|wym|wücuł}} Vilamovian wücuł, {{cog|fy|woartel}} West Frisian woartel, {{cog|ang|wyrtwalu}} Old English wyrtwalu, {{cog|enm|wortwale}} Middle English wortwale, {{cog|en|wort}} English wort Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=^chen,Würzlein}} Wurzel f (genitive Wurzel, plural Wurzeln, diminutive Würzelchen n or Würzlein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Wurzel [genitive], Wurzeln [plural], Würzelchen [diminutive, neuter], Würzlein [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Wurzel [nominative, singular], Wurzeln [definite, nominative, plural], Wurzel [genitive, singular], Wurzeln [definite, genitive, plural], Wurzel [dative, singular], Wurzeln [dative, definite, plural], Wurzel [accusative, singular], Wurzeln [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. root
    (biology) root
    Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-Wurzel-de-noun-y9VJMFW6 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 23 12 16 24 18 1 6 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
  2. root
    (figurative) root, the primary source, origin
    Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-Wurzel-de-noun-fOqndwtP Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 23 12 16 24 18 1 6
  3. root
    (mathematics) root, especially square root
    Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-Wurzel-de-noun-tqobO24d Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 23 12 16 24 18 1 6 Topics: mathematics, sciences
  4. root
    (linguistic morphology) root, the irreducible skeleton of a word
    Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Linguistic morphology
    Sense id: en-Wurzel-de-noun-vmQMM1gM Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 23 12 16 24 18 1 6 Topics: human-sciences, linguistic-morphology, linguistics, morphology, sciences
  5. root
    (historical linguistics) root, internal etymon
    Tags: feminine, historical Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-Wurzel-de-noun-QmNM71gI Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 23 12 16 24 18 1 6 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  6. root Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Wurzel-de-noun-SBNJTRN-
  7. (Northern Germany) carrot Tags: Northern-Germany, feminine
    Sense id: en-Wurzel-de-noun-uWSCKQqH Categories (other): Northern German
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wurzelig, wurzelartig
Hyponyms: Fußwurzel, Handwurzel, Haarwurzel, Zahnwurzel, Hauptwurzel, Luftwurzel, Nebenwurzel, Baldrianwurzel, Brechwurzel, Schwarzwurzel, Süßholzwurzel, Quadratwurzel, Wortwurzel [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Related terms: Wurzeln schlagen, Wurzelwachstum, Wurzelbehandlung, Wurzelbildung, Wurzelfüllung, Wurzelholz, Wurzelwerk, Wurzelwort [linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], Verwurzelung, Entwurzelung, Wurz, wurzelig, verwurzelt, durchwurzelt, entwurzelt

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Zahnwurzel"
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      "word": "Hauptwurzel"
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      "_dis1": "7 28 30 8 11 0 17",
      "word": "Wurz"
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          "english": "Nearly all Americans can trace back their roots into foreign countries, and therefore immigration is an issue that touches the identity of the US in a special way.",
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          "text": "Fast alle Amerikaner können ihre Wurzeln in fremde Länder zurückverfolgen, und deshalb ist Einwanderung ein Thema, das die Identität der USA auf besondere Weise berührt.",
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        "2": "Wortel"
      },
      "expansion": "Wortel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "wym",
        "2": "wücuł"
      },
      "expansion": "Vilamovian wücuł",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "woartel"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian woartel",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "wyrtwalu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English wyrtwalu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "wortwale"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English wortwale",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wort"
      },
      "expansion": "English wort",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Wurzel",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wurzeln",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Würzelchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Würzlein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wurzel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wurzeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wurzel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wurzeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wurzel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wurzeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wurzel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Wurzeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "dim": "^chen,Würzlein"
      },
      "expansion": "Wurzel f (genitive Wurzel, plural Wurzeln, diminutive Würzelchen n or Würzlein n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "Fußwurzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Handwurzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Haarwurzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zahnwurzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Hauptwurzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Luftwurzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nebenwurzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Baldrianwurzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Brechwurzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schwarzwurzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Süßholzwurzel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Quadratwurzel"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "Wortwurzel"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Wurzeln schlagen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wurzelwachstum"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wurzelbehandlung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wurzelbildung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wurzelfüllung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wurzelholz"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wurzelwerk"
    },
    {
      "topics": [
        "linguistics",
        "human-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "word": "Wurzelwort"
    },
    {
      "word": "Verwurzelung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Entwurzelung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wurz"
    },
    {
      "word": "wurzelig"
    },
    {
      "word": "verwurzelt"
    },
    {
      "word": "durchwurzelt"
    },
    {
      "word": "entwurzelt"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "de:Biology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "root",
        "root"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ],
        [
          "biology",
          "biology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "root",
        "(biology) root"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "root",
        "root, the primary source, origin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ],
        [
          "source",
          "source"
        ],
        [
          "origin",
          "origin"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "root",
        "(figurative) root, the primary source, origin"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "German terms with usage examples",
        "de:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The square root of 16 is 4. The cubic root of 27 is 3. The fourth root of 10000 is 10.",
          "text": "Die Quadratwurzel aus 16 ist 4. Die Kubikwurzel aus 27 ist 3. Die vierte Wurzel aus 10000 ist 10.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "root",
        "root, especially square root"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ],
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "square root",
          "square root"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "root",
        "(mathematics) root, especially square root"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "de:Linguistic morphology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "root",
        "root, the irreducible skeleton of a word"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ],
        [
          "linguistic",
          "linguistic"
        ],
        [
          "morphology",
          "morphology"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "root",
        "(linguistic morphology) root, the irreducible skeleton of a word"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistic-morphology",
        "linguistics",
        "morphology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with historical senses",
        "German terms with quotations",
        "de:Linguistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "root",
        "root, internal etymon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ],
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "etymon",
          "etymon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "root",
        "(historical linguistics) root, internal etymon"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "historical"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Nearly all Americans can trace back their roots into foreign countries, and therefore immigration is an issue that touches the identity of the US in a special way.",
          "ref": "2010, Der Spiegel, number 28/2010, page 93",
          "text": "Fast alle Amerikaner können ihre Wurzeln in fremde Länder zurückverfolgen, und deshalb ist Einwanderung ein Thema, das die Identität der USA auf besondere Weise berührt.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "root"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "root",
          "root"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Northern German"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "carrot"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "carrot",
          "carrot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Northern Germany) carrot"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Northern-Germany",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩/"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/21/De-Wurzel.ogg/De-Wurzel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/De-Wurzel.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Wurzel"
}
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  "msg": "''root'[...]' gloss has examples we want to keep, but there are subglosses.",
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  "subsection": "noun",
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}

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