German words · B2 · noun

die Herkunft

origin

Genderdie Herkunft
Pluraldie Herkünfte
LevelCEFR B2

Herkunft in a sentence

  • Die Herkunft des Wortes ist unbekannt.

    The origin of the word is unknown.

How to remember it

Herkunft ~ 'her + come' (as in 'origin')

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