Kranbeere
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Kran + Beere. Originally Middle Low German, whence also English cranberry. The English word, on its part, loaned the German word the rarer sense “cranberry”.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Kranbeere f (genitive Kranbeere, plural Kranbeeren)
- (regional, Northern Germany, dated) cowberry; lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
- Synonym: Preiselbeere
- (rather rare) cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
- Synonym: Cranberry
Declension edit
Declension of Kranbeere [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Kranbeere | die | Kranbeeren |
| genitive | einer | der | Kranbeere | der | Kranbeeren |
| dative | einer | der | Kranbeere | den | Kranbeeren |
| accusative | eine | die | Kranbeere | die | Kranbeeren |