Geerste

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German gersta, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”). Cognate with German Gerste, Dutch gerst, English gorse.

Noun

Geerste f

1. (Uri) barley

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co.