Unruhe
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʊnˌruːə], [ˈʊnˌʁuːə]
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Noun
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- turbulence, perturbation, moving more than biding, budging more than considered pleasant
- restlessness, nervousness, lacking calmness of the inner disposition of a human or other animal
- (usually in the plural) turmoil, unrest, upheaval, fights in a country
- archaic form of Unruh (“balance wheel of a timepiece”)
- (regional) field eryngo (Eryngium campestre)
- 1852 June 24, Österreichisches botanisches Wochenblatt, volume 2, number 27, page 216:
- Eryngium campestre L., welches auf der Haide bei Wels lange Strecken überziehet, allein bereits seit zwei Jahren daselbst nicht zur Blüthe gelangt, wird in jener Gegend unter dem Namen Unruhe von den Quacksalbern als Mittel gegen die Gicht über dem Lager des Kranken aufgehangen.
- Eryngium campestre L., which on the heaths by Wels covers long tracts but does not succeed to blossom for two years, is hung by the quacks under the name unrest over the bed of the sick as a means against gout.
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