Spargel
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 15th-century Middle High German sparge, spargen, sparges, from Medieval Latin sparagus, asparagus, in part through Italian sparago, sparagio. The form in -el (16th c.) probably after such plant names as Kerbel, Kümmel.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Spargel m or (southern language area) f (strong or mixed, genitive Spargels or Spargel, plural Spargel or Spargeln)
- (usually uncountable) asparagus
- 1847, Elisabetha Emmerich, Die beste Küche […] , 2nd edition, Kempten: Tobias Dannheimer, page 36:
- Die Spargeln werden so weit sie weiß sind sauber abgeschaben, gleich geschnitten, gewaschen, mit siedendem gesalzenem Wasser an das Feuer gebracht, weich gekocht und alsdann folgende Sauce verfertigt: […]
- The asparagus is scraped clean as far as it is white, cut evenly, washed, heated with boiling salted water, cooked until soft and thereupon the following sauce is made: […]
- 1856, Johann Christoph Gottlob Weise, Der vollkommene Melonen-, Gurken-, Artischocken-, Spargel- u. Champignongärtner, Weimar, page 101:
- Die Erhöhung mit Erde im Frühjahre ist deshalb nothwendig, damit der Spargel tief zu liegen komme; denn liegt er nicht tief genug, so muß man die Sprossen immer etwas über die Erde heraustreiben lassen, […]
- The incrementing with soil is necessary to make the asparagus lie deep; because if he doesn’t lie deep enough, you always have to let the sprouts grow out of the earth a bit, […]
Usage notes
[edit]- The word is exclusively masculine in northern and central Germany. It may alternatively be feminine in southern regions. In writing this is now chiefly restricted to Switzerland.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Spargel [masculine // feminine (southern language area), strong // mixed]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Spargel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Spargel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Spargel” in Duden online
Spargel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 15th-century Middle High German sparge, spargen, sparges, from Medieval Latin sparagus, asparagus. See German Spargel for more.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Spargel f (plural Spargelen)
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