Wortwurzel
German, noun/ˈvɔʁtˌvʊʁt͡sl̩/
Wortwurzel is spelled W-O-R-T-W-U-R-Z-E-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 317,631st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wortwurzel is a German feminine noun meaning “root” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rekonstruierte historische Grundform eines Wortes”.
What does Wortwurzel mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rekonstruierte historische Grundform eines Wortes 2. oft gleichbedeutend mit Grundmorphem; Grundform eines Wortes, Ausgangsform für Flexion und Wortbildung
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 Wortwurzel
- Wortwurzeln plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wortwurzel?
- /ˈvɔʁtˌvʊʁt͡sl̩/
- [ˈvɔʁtˌvʊʁt͡sl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wortwurzel in German?
Wortwurzel appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).