Wurt
See also: wurt
German
Etymology
From Low German Wurt, Wort, from Middle Low German wurt, from Old Saxon wurth, from Proto-Germanic *wurþiz. Cognate with Dutch woerd (“man-made hill”), Icelandic urð (“area covered by fallen rocks”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vʊʁt/, [vʊʁt], [vʊɐ̯t]
Noun
Wurt f (genitive Wurt, plural Wurten)
- man-made hill or elevation (as used in low areas to protect farmhouses against flooding)
Usage notes
- Historic Wurten are particularly important for archeology and the term is often met with in this context.
Declension
Declension of Wurt
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Wurt | die | Wurten |
| genitive | einer | der | Wurt | der | Wurten |
| dative | einer | der | Wurt | den | Wurten |
| accusative | eine | die | Wurt | die | Wurten |
Derived terms
- Wurtenforschung