Getreide

German

Alternative forms

• Getraide (obsolete; nonstandard)

Etymology

From Middle High German getreide, contracted from getregede, from late Old High German gitregidi (“produce, income”), a collective derived from tragen (“to bear; to bear fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈtʁaɪ̯də/

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Noun

Getreide n (strong, genitive Getreides, plural Getreide)

1. (uncountable) cereal; corn; grain (type of plant and its fruit)

   Synonym: Korn

2. (countable) a particular kind of cereal

Declension

Declension of Getreide [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Getreide	die	Getreide
genitive	eines	des	Getreides	der	Getreide
dative	einem	dem	Getreide	den	Getreiden
accusative	ein	das	Getreide	die	Getreide

Related terms

• Getreideacker, Getreideernte, Getreidefeld, Getreidemühle, Getreidesack, Getreidetrocknung
• Brotgetreide, Futtergetreide, Pseudogetreide

Further reading

• “Getreide” in Duden online
• “Getreide” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Getreide”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891