Himbeere

German

Etymology

By renewed adaptation to Beere from earlier and still dialectal Himper, by assimilation (as in Wimper) from Middle High German hintber, from Old High German hintberi, from Proto-West Germanic *hindibaʀi. Compare (dialectal) English hindberry, (dialectal) Dutch hennebes, hinnebes, Danish hindbær. Equivalent to Hinde (“hind, doe”) +‎ Beere (“berry”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈhɪmˌbeːʁə]
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Hyphenation: Him‧bee‧re

Noun

Himbeere f (genitive Himbeere, plural Himbeeren)

raspberry

Declension

Declension of Himbeere [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Himbeere	die	Himbeeren
genitive	einer	der	Himbeere	der	Himbeeren
dative	einer	der	Himbeere	den	Himbeeren
accusative	eine	die	Himbeere	die	Himbeeren

Hypernyms

Derived terms

himbeerfarben

Related terms

Himbeereis
Himbeerkuchen
Himbeerstrauch

Further reading

“Himbeere” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Himbeere” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Himbeere” in Duden online
Himbeere on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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