Erz

See also: erz and erz-

German

Etymology

From Middle High German arze, erze, from Old High German aruzzi, aruz, from Proto-West Germanic *arut.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eːrts/, [ʔeːɐ̯t͡s], [ʔɛɐ̯t͡s]
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Homophone: erz- (some speakers)

Noun

Erz n (strong, genitive Erzes, plural Erze)

ore

Declension

Declension of Erz [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Erz	die	Erze
genitive	eines	des	Erzes	der	Erze
dative	einem	dem	Erz, Erze¹	den	Erzen
accusative	ein	das	Erz	die	Erze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Dutch: erts
- Afrikaans: erts
→ Esperanto: erco
→ Hungarian: érc
→ Ido: erco

See also

erz-

Further reading

“Erz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Erz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Erz” in Duden online
Erz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Erz”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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