Noun: Meerrettich
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Meerrettich |
| Plural | Meerrettiche |
Definite
| Singular | der Meerrettich |
| Plural | die Meerrettiche |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Meerrettichs |
| Plural | Meerrettiche |
Definite
| Singular | des Meerrettichs |
| Plural | der Meerrettiche |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Meerrettich |
| Plural | Meerrettichen |
Definite
| Singular | dem Meerrettich |
| Plural | den Meerrettichen |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Meerrettich |
| Plural | Meerrettiche |
Definite
| Singular | den Meerrettich |
| Plural | die Meerrettiche |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like Meerrettich
Hydroxyaldehyd,
Nickelin,
Kohlweißling,
Pflegling,
Funktionsbaustein,
Einkristall,
Partyspiel,
Schrankpapier,
Türspion,
Reinigungsbenzin,
Saibling,
Atommodell,
Verdrängungswettbewerb,
Histamin,
Hexachlorid,
Natriumberyllat,
Leadhillit,
Speierling,
Wachtelkönig,
Postalveolar, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle High German merretich, from Old High German meriratih; compare Dutch mierik (from Middle Dutch meerrâdic). By surface analysis, Meer (“sea”) + Rettich (“radish”), from the use of Meer to mean “foreign”, as also in Meerkatze, Meerschweinchen. The fact that horseradish is most often eaten in Germany with fish is coincidental, though speakers may make that connection.
2. Alternative etymologies suggest that the first part of the compound is mehr (“more”, here in the sense of “greater, bigger”) or Mähre (“mare, horse”). However, the Old High German spellings clearly support the first-mentioned derivation. Eventually, this compound may go back to a phono-semantic matching of Latin armoracia. See: Dutch Nouns '
mierik'.
Verbs referencing "Meerrettich"
Spanish Nouns
remolacha, Dutch Nouns
mierik.
Translations