Schlehe

German

Schlehe

Etymology

From Middle High German slēhe, from Old High German slēha, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sléh₃ikos (“bluish”). Cognate with Dutch slee, English sloe, Swedish slån, and probably with Proto-Slavic *sliva (“plum”), whence Russian сли́ва (slíva) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃleːə]

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Noun

Schlehe f (genitive Schlehe, plural Schlehen)

1. sloe, blackthorn (fruit and tree)

   Synonyms: Heckendorn, Schwarzdorn

Declension

Declension of Schlehe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schlehe	die	Schlehen
genitive	einer	der	Schlehe	der	Schlehen
dative	einer	der	Schlehe	den	Schlehen
accusative	eine	die	Schlehe	die	Schlehen

Derived terms

• Schlehdorn, Schlehendorn (“blackthorn”)
• Süßschlehe (“Prunus × fruticans”)

Related terms

• Sliwowitz

Further reading

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