Rührei

German

scrambled eggs in a pan

Etymology

Compound of rühren (“to stir”) +‎ Ei (“egg”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʁyːɐ̯ˌʔaɪ̯]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: Rühr‧ei

Noun

Rührei n (strong, genitive Rühreies or Rühreis, plural Rühreier)

(food) scrambled eggs
Synonym: (Austria) Eierspeise

Declension

Declension of Rührei [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Rührei	die	Rühreier
genitive	eines	des	Rühreies, Rühreis	der	Rühreier
dative	einem	dem	Rührei, Rühreie¹	den	Rühreiern
accusative	ein	das	Rührei	die	Rühreier

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hypernyms

Eierspeise

Further reading

“Rührei” in Duden online
“Rührei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Rührei” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“Rührei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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