ertbere

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• erdber, ërdeber, ërtber

Etymology

From Old High German erdberi, from Proto-West Germanic *erþubaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *erþōbazją, from *erþō + *bazją..

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ɛrtˈberə/

Noun

ërtbere n

1. strawberry

Declension

Declension of ërtbere (strong neuter with null plural)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	ërtbere	diu	ërtbere
genitive	eines	dës	ërtberes	dër	ërtbere
dative	eime	dëm	ërtbere	dën	ërtberen
accusative	ein	daȥ	ërtbere	diu	ërtbere

Descendants

• German: Erdbeere
• Hunsrik: Äerdbeer
• Luxembourgish: Äerdbier
• Mòcheno: eaper

References

• Benecke, Georg Friedrich, Müller, Wilhelm, Zarncke, Friedrich (1863) “ërdeber”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel
• "ertbere*" in Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)