Urtext Definition

ûrtĕkst, o͝or-
noun
The original text of a work.
Webster's New World
An edition of a score intended to convey the composer's original musical intentions.
Webster's New World

A primitive, seminal, or prototypical example of an artistic genre or the basis of an ideological movement.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Urtext

Noun

Singular:
urtext
Plural:
urtexts

Origin of Urtext

  • German ur- original Ursprache Text text (from Middle High German) (from Late Latin textus) text

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • ur- +"Ž text

    From Wiktionary

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Words Starting With

UURURT

Words Ending With

TXTEXT

Unscrambles

urtext

Words Starting With U and Ending With T

Starts With U & Ends With TStarts With UR & Ends With TStarts With U & Ends With XT

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With U6 Letter Words Ending With T