Himbeere

German

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɪmˌbeːʁə]

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• Hyphenation: Him‧bee‧re

Noun

Himbeere f (genitive Himbeere, plural Himbeeren)

1. raspberry

Declension

Declension of Himbeere [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Himbeere	die	Himbeeren
genitive	einer	der	Himbeere	der	Himbeeren
dative	einer	der	Himbeere	den	Himbeeren
accusative	eine	die	Himbeere	die	Himbeeren

Hypernyms

• Beere
• Rosengewächs

Derived terms

• himbeerfarben

Related terms

• Himbeereis
• Himbeerkuchen
• Himbeerstrauch

Further reading

• “Himbeere” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Himbeere” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Himbeere” in Duden online
• Himbeere on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de