Drüse
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German drüese, alongside druose, druos, from Old High German druos (“swelling, swollen gland”). The gender and stem form of the Old High German are uncertain. It was probably a masculine, so the later forms in -e continue plural forms. Alternatively (or additionally) it may have been a feminine i-stem, in which case drüese continues the plural and oblique singular; druose (whence the doublet Druse) would be a compromise form. Cognate with Old Saxon thrōs. Compare English dross.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Drüse f (genitive Drüse, plural Drüsen)
- (anatomy) gland
- (archaic) swelling, boil
- 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, 2 Kings 20:7 (with KJV translation)
- Und Jesaja sprach: Bringet her ein Pflaster von Feigen! Und da sie es brachten, legten sie es auf die Drüse; und er ward gesund.
- And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.
- 1912, Martin Luther, Lutherbibel von 1912, 2 Kings 20:7 (with KJV translation)
Declension edit
Declension of Drüse [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
- Bauchspeicheldrüse (“pancreas”)
- Drüsengewebe
- Drüsensekret (“glandular secretion”)
- drüsig (“glandular”)
- Hirnanhangdrüse (“pituitary gland”)
- Keimdrüse (“gonad”)
- Schilddrüse (“thyroid gland”)
- Schweißdrüse (“sweat gland”)
- Speicheldrüse (“salivary gland”)
- Vorsteherdrüse (“prostate”)
- Zirbeldrüse (“pineal gland”)