Garnele

German

Garnelen

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch garnaal, earlier also garneel. Further origin unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁˈneːlə/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈneːlə/ (common; particularly northern and central Germany)

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• Hyphenation: Gar‧ne‧le
• Rhymes: -eːlə

Noun

Garnele f (genitive Garnele, plural Garnelen)

1. shrimp (decapod crustacean)

Declension

Declension of Garnele [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Garnele	die	Garnelen
genitive	einer	der	Garnele	der	Garnelen
dative	einer	der	Garnele	den	Garnelen
accusative	eine	die	Garnele	die	Garnelen

Synonyms

• (food) Krevette (Crevette)

Hypernyms

• Zehnfußkrebs

Hyponyms

• Eismeergarnele
• Nordseegarnele
• Riesengarnele

Derived terms

• garnelenartig

Further reading

• “Garnele” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Garnele” in Duden online