Wut

See also: wut

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wuot, from Old High German wuot, from Proto-West Germanic *wōd, from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz. Cognate with Icelandic Óðinn, English wode, English Wednesday, etc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vuːt/, [vuːt], [ʋuːt]
Rhymes: -uːt
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Noun

Wut f (genitive Wut, no plural)

rage; fury; outrage
anger; usually “strong, hateful anger” in literary German, but not necessarily in the vernacular
Synonyms: Zorn, Ärger
(in compounds, otherwise dated) ecstasy; frenzy

Declension

Declension of Wut [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wut
genitive	einer	der	Wut
dative	einer	der	Wut
accusative	eine	die	Wut

Derived terms

Arbeitswut
Kampfeswut
Organisationswut
Sammelwut
Tollwut
Urwut
Wutanfall
Wutausbruch
Wutbürger
wüten
wütend
wutentbrannt
wütig
Wutrede
wutschäumend
wutschnaubend
Zerstörungswut

Related terms

Wotan (“Odin”)

Further reading

“Wut” in Duden online
“Wut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Wut” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vuːt/

Noun

Wut f

fury; rage; outrage

Derived terms

wutich

Further reading

Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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