Wurzelstock
German, noun/ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ˌʃtɔk/
Wurzelstock is spelled W-U-R-Z-E-L-S-T-O-C-K (11 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wurzelstock is a German masculine noun meaning “rootstock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein meist unterirdisches oder dicht über dem Boden wachsendes Sprossachsensystem”.
What does Wurzelstock mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerootstock
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein meist unterirdisches oder dicht über dem Boden wachsendes Sprossachsensystem 2. der Übergangsbereich zwischen Wurzelwerk und Stamm eines Baumes 3. der nach dem Fällen eines Baumes verbleibende Baumstumpf
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 Wurzelstock
- Wurzelstockes genitive
- Wurzelstocks genitive
- Wurzelstöcke plural
- Wurzelstocke dative singular
- Wurzelstöcken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wurzelstock?
- /ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ˌʃtɔk/
- [ˈvʊʁt͡sl̩ˌʃtɔk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wurzelstock
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wurzelstock in German?
Wurzelstock appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).