Kranbeere

German

Alternative forms

• Kronsbeere

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁaːnˌbeːʁə/

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Noun

Kranbeere f (genitive Kranbeere, plural Kranbeeren)

1. (regional, Northern Germany, dated) cowberry; lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)

   Synonym: Preiselbeere

2. (rather rare) cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)

   Synonym: Cranberry

Declension

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