Wut

See also: wut

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wuot, from Old High German wuot, from Proto-West Germanic *wōd, from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz. Cognate with Icelandic Óðinn, English wode, English Wednesday, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vuːt/, [vuːt], [ʋuːt]
• Rhymes: -uːt

• Audio:

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Noun

Wut f (genitive Wut, no plural)

1. rage; fury; outrage
2. anger; usually “strong, hateful anger” in literary German, but not necessarily in the vernacular

   Synonyms: Zorn, Ärger

3. (in compounds, otherwise dated) ecstasy; frenzy

Declension

Declension of Wut [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wut
genitive	einer	der	Wut
dative	einer	der	Wut
accusative	eine	die	Wut

Derived terms

• Arbeitswut
• Kampfeswut
• Organisationswut
• Putzwut
• Sammelwut
• Sparwut
• Tanzwut
• Tollwut
• Urwut
• Wutanfall
• Wutausbruch
• Wutbürger
• wüten
• wütend
• wutentbrannt
• wütig
• Wutrede
• wutschäumend
• wutschnaubend
• Zerstörungswut

 

Related terms

• Wotan (“Odin”)

Further reading

• “Wut” in Duden online
• “Wut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wut” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vuːt/

Noun

Wut f

1. fury; rage; outrage

Derived terms

• wutich

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary