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Wortschatz

German edit

Etymology edit

Wort (“word”) +‎ Schatz (“treasure”). Cognate with Dutch woordenschat, Afrikaans woordeskat and Luxembourgish Wuertschatz.

Attested since at least 1772 (see quote); possible calque of Dutch woordenschat.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔʁtˌʃat͡s/
  • Hyphenation: Wort‧schatz
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Noun edit

Wortschatz m (strong, genitive Wortschatzes, plural Wortschätze)

  1. vocabulary
    Synonym: Vokabular
  2. (linguistics) lexicon (vocabulary of a language; vocabulary used by an individual)
    Synonym: Lexikon
    • 1772, Johann von Herder, Abhandlung über den Ursprung der Sprache‎[1]:
      Warum erfand Gott einen unnötigen Wortschatz, den nur, wie die Araber sagen, ein göttlicher Prophet in seinem ganzen Umfange fassen konnte?
      Why did God invent an unnecessary vocabulary that only, as the Arabs say, a divine prophet could grasp in its entirety?

Declension edit

Declension of Wortschatz [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Wortschatz die Wortschätze
genitive eines des Wortschatzes der Wortschätze
dative einem dem Wortschatz, Wortschatze1 den Wortschätzen
accusative einen den Wortschatz die Wortschätze

1Now rare, see notes.

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Descendants edit

  • → Armenian: բառագանձ (baṙaganj) (calque)
  • → Hungarian: szókincs (calque)

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Noun edit

Wortschatz m (plural Wortschetz)

  1. vocabulary

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