Zirmet

German

Etymology

A distortion of the Italian silermontano, sciarmontano, from Medieval Latin siser montanum, also found as French sermontain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɪrmət/

Noun

Zirmet m (strong, genitive Zirmets, no plural)

1. hartwort, Tordylium spp. (or related plants of the family which were hard to distinguish)

   Synonyms: Silermontan, Drehkraut, Bergkümmel

Declension

Declension of Zirmet [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zirmet
genitive	eines	des	Zirmets
dative	einem	dem	Zirmet
accusative	einen	den	Zirmet

Descendants

• → Russian: чермет (čermet)
• → Slovene: cirmet

References

• “Zirmet” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.