Christorbeere
German
Etymology
Perhaps Christ (“xxx”) + Dorn (“xxx”) + Beere. Christorbeeren is attested since at least 1795,[1] Christdornbeeren since at least 1810.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
Christorbeere f (genitive Christorbeere, plural Christorbeeren)
- (dialectal, possibly archaic) gooseberry
Declension
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References
- “Christorbeere” in Duden online
- “Christorbeere” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- ^ in Daniel Gottlieb Settegast's Bienencatechismus (Königsberg, 1795)
- ^ in Heinrich Zschokke's Miszellen für die neueste Weltkunde (1810)