Alraune

German

Etymology

From Middle High German alrūne, Old High German alrūna (mandrake, sorceress). Cognate with Gothic 𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌰 (rūna, secret).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Alraune f (genitive Alraune, plural Alraunen)

  1. mandrake (botany)
    • 1832, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust. Der Tragödie zweiter Teil [Faust, Part Two]:
      Da stehen sie umher und staunen, / Vertrauen nicht dem hohen Fund; / Der eine faselt von Alraunen, / Der andre von dem schwarzen Hund.
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Declension

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), Alraune”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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