Bingelkraut
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom bingeln, a dialectal form of now standard pinkeln (“to pee”), by the diuretic effect of Mercurialis annua. For the same reason it is called in dialectal Slovene usȃčnica, usačna zel from uscáti se (“to relieve oneself of water”). Other relevant names of the plant include Scheißkraut, Scheißmelde, Schweißkraut, Schweißmelde, Ruhrkaut, Klystierkraut.
Alternatively, bingel may represent a diminutive of the noun attested in in Old High German as bungo, which refers to a type of bulbiferous plant.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editBingelkraut n (strong, genitive Bingelkrautes or Bingelkrauts, plural Bingelkräuter)
- mercury (Mercurialis gen. et spp.)
Declension
editDeclension of Bingelkraut [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Bingelkraut | die | Bingelkräuter |
genitive | eines | des | Bingelkrautes, Bingelkrauts | der | Bingelkräuter |
dative | einem | dem | Bingelkraut, Bingelkraute1 | den | Bingelkräutern |
accusative | ein | das | Bingelkraut | die | Bingelkräuter |
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Dutch: bingelkruid
- → Serbo-Croatian: bingulja
References
edit- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bingelkruid”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute