Wruke

German

Wruken

Alternative forms

• Wrucke

Etymology

From eastern Low German (Mecklenburg, Pomerania, West Prussia), perhaps originally meaning “knobby tree trunk”. Further origin uncertain. Occasionally used in standard German since the 18th century. Cognate with synonymous Czech brukev, Polish brukiew, Kashubian wrëk, Ukrainian бру́ква (brúkva), Russian брю́ква (brjúkva), Belarusian бру́чка (brúčka), Bulgarian брю́ква (brjúkva), which are often considered Germanic borrowings, not to be confused with the descendants of Proto-Slavic *borsky also meaning the rutabaga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvruːkə/

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• Rhymes: -uːkə

Noun

Wruke f (genitive Wruke, plural Wruken)

1. (regional, north-eastern Germany) swede, neep, rutabaga (Brassica napus subsp. rapifera)

   Synonyms: (predominant) Steckrübe f; Kohlrübe f; Bodenkohlrabi m; Runkelrübe f; Butterrübe f

Declension

Declension of Wruke [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wruke	die	Wruken
genitive	einer	der	Wruke	der	Wruken
dative	einer	der	Wruke	den	Wruken
accusative	eine	die	Wruke	die	Wruken