Ähre

German

Getreideähren — corn ears (from left to right: barley, wheat, rye) (1)

Die Ähre eines Grashalmes. — The head of a grass stalk. (2)

Etymology

From Old High German ahir, from Proto-Germanic *ahaz. Cognate with Dutch aar, English ear, West Frisian ier. Ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

Further Indo-European cognates: Latin aciēs (“edge”) and acus (“needle”), Greek ἄκρος (ákros), Russian острый (ostryj), Latvian ass (“sharp”), Tocharian B āk (“ear, awn”).

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛːʀə]

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• Rhymes: -ɛːʀə

Noun

Ähre f (genitive Ähre, plural Ähren, diminutive Ährchen n)

1. (botany, countable) The ear (of corn)
2. (botany, countable) The head, ear (of grass seed)
3. (botany, countable) The spike (of a flower)

Declension

Declension of Ähre

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ähre	die	Ähren
genitive	einer	der	Ähre	der	Ähren
dative	einer	der	Ähre	den	Ähren
accusative	eine	die	Ähre	die	Ähren

Hypernyms

• Pflanze f
• Getreide n

Hyponyms

• Korn n

Synonyms

• (ear of corn): Getreideähre f
• (grass seed head): Grasähre f
• (flower spike): Blütenähre f

Derived terms

• Ährenspindel f
• Scheinähre f

Further reading

• Ähre in Duden online