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wortel

wortel

Afrikaans

Noun

wortel (plural wortels)

  1. carrot

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (root) + *waluz (stick). Compare German Wurzel, Low German Wuddel, Wortel, West Frisian woartel, Old English wyrtwalu; cf. also English wort.

Noun

wortel m (plural wortels or wortelen, diminutive worteltje n)

  1. carrot

wortel m (plural wortels, diminutive worteltje n)

  1. root (especially of a plant)
  2. (mathematics) square root, root
  3. (mathematics) zero of a function, root

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

wortel

  1. first-person singular present indicative of wortelen
  2. imperative of wortelen

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch wortel.

Noun

wortel

  1. carrot (orange root vegetable)