Wortschatz
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Etymology
Wort (“word”) + Schatz (“treasure”). Cognate with Dutch woordenschat, Afrikaans woordeskat and Luxembourgish Wuertschatz.
Attested since at least 1772 (see quote); possible calque of Dutch woordenschat.
Pronunciation
Noun
Wortschatz m (strong, genitive Wortschatzes, plural Wortschätze)
- vocabulary
- Synonym: Vokabular
- (linguistics) lexicon (vocabulary of a language; vocabulary used by an individual)
- Synonym: Lexikon
- 1772, Johann von Herder, Abhandlung über den Ursprung der Sprache:
- Warum erfand Gott einen unnötigen Wortschatz, den nur, wie die Araber sagen, ein göttlicher Prophet in seinem ganzen Umfange fassen konnte?
- Why did God invent an unnecessary vocabulary that only, as the Arabs say, a divine prophet could grasp in its entirety?
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Wortschatz | die | Wortschätze |
| genitive | eines | des | Wortschatzes | der | Wortschätze |
| dative | einem | dem | Wortschatz, Wortschatze1 | den | Wortschätzen |
| accusative | einen | den | Wortschatz | die | Wortschätze |
Declension of Wortschatz [masculine, strong]
1Now rare, see notes.
Derived terms
- Allgemeinwortschatz
- Aufbauwortschatz
- Basiswortschatz
- Computerwortschatz
- DDR-Wortschatz
- Erbwortschatz
- Fachwortschatz
- Gesamtwortschatz
- Grundwortschatz
- Kernwortschatz
- Lehnwortschatz
- passiver Wortschatz
- Sexualwortschatz
- Sichtwortschatz
- Sonderwortschatz
- Sprachschatz
- Vokabelschatz
- Wortschatzbereich
- Wortschatzerweiterung
- Wortschatzerwerb
- Wortschatzexplosion
- Wortschatzreichtum
- Wortschatztest
- Wortschatzumfang
- Wortschatzunahme
- Wortschatzverlust
- Wortschatzwachstum
- Wortschatzzuwachs
Descendants
- → Armenian: բառագանձ (baṙaganj) (calque)
- → Hungarian: szókincs (calque)
Further reading
- “Wortschatz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Wortschatz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Wortschatz” in Duden online
Pronunciation
Noun
Wortschatz m (plural Wortschetz)
Further reading
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