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Kerze.

candle

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɛʁtsə/[ˈkɛʁt͡sə][ˈkɛɐ̯t͡sə]
  1. candle

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German kerze, from Old High German kerza, charza, from either Latin cērāta (“covered with wax”) or Latin charta (“sheet of papyrus”, in this case referring to layers of birch bark from which candles were made). The latter explanation is typically preferred, though the former is semantically more suggestive. Compare Dutch kaars, Hunsrik Kerz, Luxembourgish Käerz.

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