Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wurzel

/wˈɝzəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English

Syllables: wurzel
IPA: /wˈɝzəl/

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rural, unsophisticated person; a bumpkin.

noun

A mangelwurzel.

Etymology

From German Wurzel (“root”), via mangelwurzel, a root crop cultivated for livestock feed beginning in the 18th century.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Wurzel

Inflected Forms

wurzels (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce wurzel?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɝzəl/.
What does wurzel mean?: A rural, unsophisticated person; a bumpkin.
Where does wurzel come from?: It is traced to German.

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