Lakritz

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Lakritz (plural Lakritzes)

1. A surname.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lakritz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 382.
• Forebears

• Lakritze f

From Middle High German lakerize, from Old French licorece or directly from Medieval Latin, from Late Latin liquiritia, from Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza, “sweet root”).

• IPA^(key): /laˈkrɪts/

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Lakritz n or m (strong, genitive Lakritzes or Lakritz, plural Lakritze)

1. licorice, liquorice (confectionery)

• Lakritzschnecke
• Lakritzstange

• Süßholz (liquorice as a plant)

• “Lakritz” in Duden online
• “Lakritz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache