Sprosse.
rung, rundle, step (of a ladder)
Meaning & usage
rung, rundle, step (of a ladder)
Die Leiter hat sechs Sprossen.
branch, tine, prong (of an antler)
sprout (outgrowth on a seed or fruit); for a shoot of an actual growing plant, the doublet Spross m is more usual
Wenn Kartoffeln länger gelagert werden, bilden sich oft Sprossen.
Warum liegt hier eine Sojasprosse auf dem Boden?
short for Kohlsprosse (“Brussels sprout”)
short for Sommersprosse (“freckle”)
Wenn ich bei gutem Wetter draußen bin, kriege ich sofort Sprossen im Gesicht.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German sprozze m, from Old High German sprozzo (“rung”), from Proto-Germanic *sprutô, from the root of *spreutaną, whence sprießen. Cognate with Dutch sport (“rung”), Middle Low German sprōte (“rung, sprout”), Old English sprot(a) (“sprout”). The sense “sprout” seems to be original, but is not attested in High German before the 15th century. Doublet of Spross, which compare. The sense “freckle” (17th c., at first also in the form sprusse) is a semantic loan from Middle Low German sprûte (literally “sprout”), an ablaut variant of the above noun. Cognate with Dutch spruit (“sprout”) and sproet (“freckle”), English sprout.
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