Spross.
sprout, shoot (young plant growing out of the ground; young twig growing on a plant); for outgrowths on potatoes, soybeans etc., the doublet Sprosse f is more usual
Meaning & usage
sprout, shoot (young plant growing out of the ground; young twig growing on a plant); for outgrowths on potatoes, soybeans etc., the doublet Sprosse f is more usual
Hier unten am Stamm kommt ein neuer Spross.
scion, descendant
Er war der Spross einer reichen Kaufmannsfamilie.
Where this word comes from
Doublet of Sprosse (“rung, sprout”), which see. Middle High German sprozze was a weak masculine. The apocopated form adopted strong declension, while the fuller form became feminine. The semantic distinction between both was introduced and advocated by the grammarian Gottsched (18th c.). It remains vague, however, except insofar as the masculine form is no longer possible in the sense of “rung”.
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