Wolfsmilch
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German wolfsmilch, from Old High German wolfesmilch, *wolfesmiluh. Equivalent to Wolf (“wolf”) + -s- + Milch (“milk”), after the plant's acrid sap.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Wolfsmilch f (genitive Wolfsmilch, plural Wolfsmilchen)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Wolfsmilch [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Wolfsmilch | die | Wolfsmilchen |
genitive | einer | der | Wolfsmilch | der | Wolfsmilchen |
dative | einer | der | Wolfsmilch | den | Wolfsmilchen |
accusative | eine | die | Wolfsmilch | die | Wolfsmilchen |
Derived terms
[edit]- Gartens-Wolfsmilch (“petty spurge”)
- Zypressen-Wolfsmilch (“cypress spurge”)
Further reading
[edit]- “Wolfsmilch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wolfsmilch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Wolfsmilch” in Duden online
Categories:
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms interfixed with -s-
- German compound terms
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German feminine nouns
- de:Spurges