Grundbirne

German

Etymology

From Grund (“ground”) +‎ Birne (“pear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁʊntˌbɪʁ.nə/

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Noun

Grundbirne f (genitive Grundbirne, plural Grundbirnen)

1. (dialectal, Austria) potato

Descendants

• → Hungarian: krumpli
• → Macedonian: компир (kompir)
• → Luxembourgish: Gromper
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: кру̀мпӣр, кро̀мпӣр
  • Latin script: krùmpīr, kròmpīr
• → Slovene: krompīr

Further reading

• “Grundbirne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Grundbirne” in Duden online