Latwerge
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German latwārje, latwērje, from Late Latin ēlectuārium, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείκτον (ekleíkton, “medicine which is licked away”). Compare Hungarian and Slovak lekvár (“jam”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Latwerge f (genitive Latwerge, plural Latwergen)
- (medicine) electuary
- Synonym: Leckmittel
- (Northern Germany) fruit mush, especially plum puree
- Synonyms: Fruchtmus, Pflaumenmus, (Austria) Powidl
Usage notes edit
- Also used regionally with masculine gender as Latwerg.
Declension edit
Declension of Latwerge [feminine]
Further reading edit
- Latwerge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Pflaumenmus § Latwerge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Latwerge” in Duden online
- “Latwerge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Latwerge” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.