Erz

Erz

See also: erz and erz-

German

Etymology

From Middle High German arze, erze, from Old High German aruzzi, aruz, from Proto-West Germanic *arut.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eːrts/, [ʔeːɐ̯t͡s], [ʔɛɐ̯t͡s]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Homophone: erz- (some speakers)

Noun

Erz n (strong, genitive Erzes, plural Erze)

  1. ore

Declension

Declension of Erz [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Erz die Erze
genitive eines des Erzes der Erze
dative einem dem Erz, Erze1 den Erzen
accusative ein das Erz die Erze

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: erts
    • Afrikaans: erts
  • → Esperanto: erco
  • → Hungarian: érc
  • → Ido: erco

See also

Further reading

  • “Erz”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “Erz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Erz” in Duden online
  • Erz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
  • Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Erz”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.