Spargel

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From 15th-century Middle High German sparge, spargen, sparges, from Medieval Latin sparagus, asparagus, in part through Italian sparago, sparagio. The form in -el (16th c.) probably after such plant names as Kerbel, Kümmel.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃparɡəl/, [ˈʃpaʁ.ɡl̩], [ˈʃpaɐ̯-], [ˈʃpaː-], [-ɡəl]
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Spargel m or (southern language area) f (strong or mixed, genitive Spargels or Spargel, plural Spargel or Spargeln)

  1. (usually uncountable) asparagus
    • 1847, Elisabetha Emmerich, Die beste Küche [] , 2nd edition, Kempten: Tobias Dannheimer, page 36:
      Die Spargeln werden so weit sie weiß sind sauber abgeschaben, gleich geschnitten, gewaschen, mit siedendem gesalzenem Wasser an das Feuer gebracht, weich gekocht und alsdann folgende Sauce verfertigt: []
      The asparagus is scraped clean as far as it is white, cut evenly, washed, heated with boiling salted water, cooked until soft and thereupon the following sauce is made: []
    • 1856, Johann Christoph Gottlob Weise, Der vollkommene Melonen-, Gurken-, Artischocken-, Spargel- u. Champignongärtner, Weimar, page 101:
      Die Erhöhung mit Erde im Frühjahre ist deshalb nothwendig, damit der Spargel tief zu liegen komme; denn liegt er nicht tief genug, so muß man die Sprossen immer etwas über die Erde heraustreiben lassen, []
      The incrementing with soil is necessary to make the asparagus lie deep; because if he doesn’t lie deep enough, you always have to let the sprouts grow out of the earth a bit, []

Usage notes[edit]

  • The word is exclusively masculine in northern and central Germany. It may alternatively be feminine in southern regions. In writing this is now chiefly restricted to Switzerland.

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Etymology[edit]

From 15th-century Middle High German sparge, spargen, sparges, from Medieval Latin sparagus, asparagus. See German Spargel for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

Spargel f (plural Spargelen)

  1. asparagus