Graupe

German

eingepackte Graupen

Etymology

From Late Middle High German grūpe (Silesian, ca. 1400), from Old Sorbian and/or Old Polish krupa, from Proto-Slavic *krupa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁaʊ̯pə/

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• Hyphenation: Grau‧pe

Noun

Graupe f (genitive Graupe, plural Graupen, diminutive Gräupchen n or Gräuplein n)

1. (chiefly in the plural) pearl barley, hulled wheat

   Synonym: Gerstel

Declension

Declension of Graupe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Graupe	die	Graupen
genitive	einer	der	Graupe	der	Graupen
dative	einer	der	Graupe	den	Graupen
accusative	eine	die	Graupe	die	Graupen

Derived terms

• Graupel (“soft hail”)
• Graupensuppe, Graupeneintopf

Further reading

• Graupen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Graupe” in Duden online
• “Graupe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache