Gerücht

See also: gerucht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German (Central German) gerüchte, borrowed from Middle Low German geruchte, gerüchte. This northern form replaced earlier Middle High German geruofte, gerüefte, from Old High German geruofti. The noun pertains to the verb rufen (“to call”) (Old High German ruofan, Old Saxon hrōpan). The Low German form is based on the shift -ft- → -cht- (cf. Nichte); the same in Dutch gerucht. Popular etymology later associated the word with riechen (“to smell”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈʁʏçt/
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Noun

Gerücht n (genitive Gerüchts or Gerüchtes, plural Gerüchte)

  1. rumour, rumor

Declension
Declension of Gerücht
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Gerücht die Gerüchte
genitive eines des Gerüchtes,
Gerüchts		 der Gerüchte
dative einem dem Gerücht,
Gerüchte1		 den Gerüchten
accusative ein das Gerücht die Gerüchte
1Now uncommon, see notes

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