Wut
See also: wut
German edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
Wut f (genitive Wut, no plural)
- rage; fury; outrage
- anger; usually “strong, hateful anger” in literary German, but not necessarily in the vernacular
- (in compounds, otherwise dated) ecstasy; frenzy
Declension edit
Declension of Wut [sg-only, feminine]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- Wotan (“Odin”)
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Wut f