Nieswurz
German, noun/ˈniːsˌvʊʁt͡s/
Nieswurz is spelled N-I-E-S-W-U-R-Z (8 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 214,094th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nieswurz is a German masculine noun meaning “hellebore (Helleborus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “giftige Pflanze aus der Familie der Hahnenfußgewächse”.
What does Nieswurz mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehellebore (Helleborus)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. giftige Pflanze aus der Familie der Hahnenfußgewächse
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Nieswurz
- occasionally canonical
- Nieswurzen plural
- Nieswurzes genitive
- Nieswurze plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Nieswurz?
- /ˈniːsˌvʊʁt͡s/
- [ˈniːsˌvʊʁt͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Nieswurz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nieswurz in German?
Nieswurz appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).