Gerücht
See also: gerucht
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German gerüchte (Central German), borrowed from Middle Low German geruchte, gerüchte. This northern form replaced earlier Middle High German geruofte, gerüefte, from Old High German geruofti. The noun pertains to the verb rufen (“to call”) (Old High German ruofan, Old Saxon hrōpan). The Low German form is based on the shift -ft- → -cht- (cf. Nichte); the same in Dutch gerucht. Popular etymology later associated the word with riechen (“to smell”).
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Noun edit
Gerücht n (strong, genitive Gerüchtes or Gerüchts, plural Gerüchte)
- rumour, rumor
- Er dementierte die Gerüchte, die über ihn kursieren.
- He denied the rumors that have circulating about him.
- Ich will nicht, dass irgendwelche Gerüchte aufkommen.
- I don't want rumors going around.
- Gerüchten zufolge.
- According to rumors.
Declension edit
Declension of Gerücht [neuter, strong]
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Further reading edit
- “Gerücht” in Duden online
- “Gerücht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Gerücht”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Luxembourgish edit
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Noun edit
Gerücht n (plural Gerüchter)