wortel

From Dutch wortel, from Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”).

wortel (plural wortels)

1. carrot
2. (mathematics) root, square root (if no power is specified, it is assumed to be 2)

From Middle Dutch wortele, from Old Dutch *wurtala, from Proto-Germanic *wurt- (“root”) + *waluz (“stick”). Compare German Wurzel, Low German Wuddel, Wortel, West Frisian woartel, Old English wyrtwalu; cf. also English wort.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɔr.təl/

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wortel m (plural wortels or wortelen, diminutive worteltje n)

1. carrot

wortel m (plural wortels, diminutive worteltje n)

1. root (especially of a plant)
2. (mathematics) square root, root
3. (mathematics) zero of a function, root

• (root): radix
• (carrot): peen

• vierkantswortel
• worteltrekken

• Afrikaans: wortel
• → Indonesian: wortel

wortel

1. first-person singular present indicative of wortelen
2. imperative of wortelen

From Dutch wortel.

• IPA^(key): /wor.təl/
• Hyphenation: wor‧têl

wortel (plural wortel-wortel, first-person possessive wortelku, second-person possessive wortelmu, third-person possessive wortelnya)

1. carrot (orange root vegetable)

• “wortel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.