Ysop

German

Hyssopus officinalis

Alternative forms

• Isop, Eisop, Ysope, Ysopp, Isope, Isopp, Ysopue, Ispe, Yspe (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle High German isôpe, ysôpe, from Old High German isopo, isipo, variant declension of hysop, from Medieval Latin hȳsōpus, hȳssōpus, from Latin hȳsōpum, from Ancient Greek ὕσσωπος (hússōpos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔˈiːzɔp]

• Audio:

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Noun

Ysop m (strong, genitive Ysopes or Ysops, plural Ysope)

1. hyssop

   Synonym: Josefskraut

Declension

Declension of Ysop [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ysop	die	Ysope
genitive	eines	des	Ysopes, Ysops	der	Ysope
dative	einem	dem	Ysop, Ysope1	den	Ysopen
accusative	einen	den	Ysop	die	Ysope

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Ysop” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Ysop” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Ysop” in Duden online
• Ysop on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Ysop” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.