Christorbeere

German

Etymology

Perhaps Christ +‎ Dorn +‎ Beere. Christorbeeren f pl is attested since at least 1795,[1] Christdorn since at least 1810.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʁɪstɔʁˌbeːʁə/

Noun

Christorbeere f (genitive Christorbeere, plural Christorbeeren)

  1. (dialectal, possibly archaic) gooseberry
    Synonym: Stachelbeere

Declension
Declension of Christorbeere [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Christorbeere die Christorbeeren
genitive einer der Christorbeere der Christorbeeren
dative einer der Christorbeere den Christorbeeren
accusative eine die Christorbeere die Christorbeeren

References
  1. in Daniel Gottlieb Settegast's Bienencatechismus (Königsberg, 1795), p. 33
  2. in Heinrich Zschokke's Miszellen für die Neueste Weltkunde. Vierter Jahrgang, 1810 (Aarau, 1810), p. 391
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