Spritzgurke
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- A plant that spreads its seeds by shooting them out of an opening in the fruit; squirting cucumber (Ecballium)
Etymology
Affix from German spritzen (squirt, pipe) + German Gurke (gherkin, cucumber).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Gurke
Gloss
gherkin, cucumber
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- spritzer English
- Gewürzgurke German
- Gurke German
- Salzgurke German
- Sauregurkenzeit German
- Schlangengurke German
- Spritzfisch German
- Spritzkuchen German
- Stachelgurke German
- abspritzen German
- einspritzen German
- nassspritzen German
- spritzen German
- sprützen Middle High German
- שפּריצן Yiddish
- Gurk Low German
- ogurek Old Polish