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)

  1. 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
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