Wut

See also: wut

German

Etymology

Old High German wuot, from Proto-Germanic *wōdaz. Compare Old English wōd (“mad, raging, enraged, insane, senseless, blasphemous”), English wode (“mad, crazy, insane, possessed, rabid, furious, frantic”), Dutch woede (“anger, wrath, outrage”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vuːt]
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Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

Wut f (genitive Wut, no plural)

rage; fury; outrage
anger; usually “strong, hateful anger” in literary German, but not necessarily in the vernacular
(dated) ecstasy; frenzy

Declension

Declension of Wut (uncountable)

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wut
genitive	einer	der	Wut
dative	einer	der	Wut
accusative	eine	die	Wut

Synonyms

(anger): Zorn

Derived terms

Terms derived from Wut

Arbeitswut
Kampfeswut
Organisationswut
Sammelwut

Tollwut
Urwut
Wutanfall
Wutausbruch

Related terms

Wotan (“Odin”)
wüten (“to rage”)
wütend (“furious, angry”)
wutentbrannt
wutschäumend
wutschnaubend

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