Wunde
See also: wunde
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German wunde, from Old High German wunta, from Proto-Germanic *wundō (“a wound”), from *wundaz (“wounded”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wen-. Compare Low German Wunn, Dutch wond, English wound, Icelandic und.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Wunde f (genitive Wunde, plural Wunden)
- sore, wound
- 1882, Richard Wagner, Parsifal, Zweiter Aufzug:
- Amfortas! Die Wunde! Die Wunde! Sie brennt mir hier zur Seite! O, Klage! Klage! Furchtbare Klage!
- Amfortas! The wound! The wound! It burns me here to the side! O, complaint! Complaint! Terrible complaint!
- 1996, “Was hat dich bloß so ruiniert?”, in Posen, performed by Die Sterne:
- Und sitzt die Wunde tief in deinem Inneren / Kannst du dich nicht erinnern?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of Wunde [feminine]
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Derived terms
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Further reading edit
- “Wunde” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wunde” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Wunde” in Duden online
- Wunde on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik edit
Noun edit
Wunde f