Kürbis
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German kürbiz, from Old High German kurbiz, from Proto-West Germanic *kurbit. Cognate with Luxembourgish Kürbis, Yiddish קירבעס (kirbes).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKürbis m (strong, genitive Kürbisses or Kürbis, plural Kürbisse)
- pumpkin, gourd, squash (any plant of the genus Cucurbita or its fruit)
- 1850, Vorstand des Vereins von Alterthumsfreunden im Rheinlande (ed.), Erklärung eines antiken Sarkophags zu Trier, Bonn, page 7:
- wir finden aus dem alten Testamente: Abraham's Opfer, Pharao's Unterang im rothen Meere, Moses, der Wasser aus dem Felsen schlägt, Daniel in der Löwengrube und die drei Jünglinge im Feuerofen, Jonas, der vom Wallfische verschlungen wird, und aus demselben lebendig hervorgeht, und Jonas unter dem Kürbisse oder Epheu ruhend.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1850–1863, Georg Fresenius, Beiträge zur Mykologie, Frankfurt am Main, page 33:
- Naemaspora lateritia Fresen.
Gleichfalls auf dem Kürbisse sitzend in der grünen Schicht, zwischen der Epidermis und der blassen grosszelligen Schicht.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1850, Vorstand des Vereins von Alterthumsfreunden im Rheinlande (ed.), Erklärung eines antiken Sarkophags zu Trier, Bonn, page 7:
Usage notes
edit- The Zucchini (“courgette”) is not usually called a Kürbis in general parlance, though it is biologically included in the term.
Declension
editDeclension of Kürbis [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
editRelated terms
edit- Kürbisart, Kürbisfeld, Kürbisgewächs, Kürbiskern, Kürbiskernöl, Kürbiskopf, Kürbispflanze, Kürbissuppe
Descendants
edit- → Latvian: ķirbis
Further reading
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German kürbiz, from Old High German kurbiz, from Proto-West Germanic *kurbit. Cognate with Yiddish קירבעס (kirbes).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKürbis f (plural Kürbissen)
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