Kukuruz

See also: kukuruz

German

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian kukuruz. Further origin disputed. Probably from Ottoman Turkish قوقوروز‎ (kokoroz, qōqōrōz), from Albanian kokërrëz, from kokërr (“pellet, grain”).[1] Compare Russian кукуруза (kukuruza), Hungarian kukorica, Slovene koruza, Polish kukurydza, etc.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkʊkurʊt͡s], [ˈkuːkurʊt͡s]
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Noun

Kukuruz m (genitive Kukuruz or Kukuruzes, no plural)

  1. (Austria, Bavaria) maize, corn

Declension
Declension of Kukuruz (uncountable)
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Kukuruz
genitive eines des Kukuruzes
dative einem dem Kukuruz,
Kukuruze1
accusative einen den Kukuruz
1Now uncommon, see notes

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References
  1. Turkish Etymological Dictionary

Further reading
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