Himbeere
German edit
Etymology edit
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”).
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Noun edit
Himbeere f (genitive Himbeere, plural Himbeeren)
Declension edit
Declension of Himbeere [feminine]
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Further reading edit
- “Himbeere” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Himbeere” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Himbeere” in Duden online
- Himbeere on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de