Bingelkraut

German

Alternative forms

  • Bengelkraut

Etymology

From bingeln, a dialectal form of now standard pinkeln (“to pee”), by the diuretic effect of Mercurialis annua. For the same reason it is called in dialectal Slovene usȃčnica, usačna zel from uscáti se (“to relieve oneself of water”). Other relevant names of the plant include Scheißkraut, Scheißmelde, Schweißkraut, Schweißmelde, Ruhrkaut, Klystierkraut.

Alternatively, bingel may represent a diminutive of the noun attested in in Old High German as bungo, which refers to a type of bulbiferous plant.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɪŋl̩ˌkʁaʊ̯t], [ˈbɪŋəlˌkʁaʊ̯t], [ˈbɪŋl̩ˌkraʊ̯t], [ˈbɪŋəlˌkraʊ̯t]
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Noun

Bingelkraut n (strong, genitive Bingelkrautes or Bingelkrauts, plural Bingelkräuter)

  1. mercury (Mercurialis gen. et spp.)

Declension

Declension of Bingelkraut [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Bingelkraut die Bingelkräuter
genitive eines des Bingelkrautes, Bingelkrauts der Bingelkräuter
dative einem dem Bingelkraut, Bingelkraute1 den Bingelkräutern
accusative ein das Bingelkraut die Bingelkräuter

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

  • Filziges Bingelkraut
  • Wald-Bingelkraut

Descendants

  • → Dutch: bingelkruid
  • → Serbo-Croatian: bingulja

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “bingelkruid”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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