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urtext

ur text |ˈo͝orˌtekst ˈʊrtekst | noun ( pl. urtexte |-ˌtekstə | or urtexts ) an original or the earliest version of a text, to which later versions can be compared. ORIGIN from German.

 

Oxford Dictionary

urtext

urtext |ˈuːətɛkst | noun ( pl. urtexte |-tə | or urtexts ) an original or the earliest version of a text, to which later versions can be compared.

 

Duden Dictionary

Urtext

Ur text Substantiv, maskulin , der |U rtext |der Urtext; Genitiv: des Urtext [e ]s, Plural: die Urtexte a Urfassung eines Textes b einer Übersetzung zugrunde liegender Text