Ingwer

German

Alternative forms

• Ingber, Imber (dialectal, obsolete)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci)

Proto-Dravidian *wēr

Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr)

Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor.

Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der.

Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor.

Late Latin zingiberi

Late Latin gingiberbor.

Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō

Old High German gingibero

Middle High German ingeber

German Ingwer

From Middle High German ingewer, ingeber, from Old High German ingiber, gingiber, gingibero, from Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋvər/, [ˈʔɪŋ.vɐ], [-ʋɐ]

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Noun

Ingwer m (strong, genitive Ingwers, plural (rare) Ingwer)

1. ginger

Declension

Declension of Ingwer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ingwer	die	Ingwer
genitive	eines	des	Ingwers	der	Ingwer
dative	einem	dem	Ingwer	den	Ingwern
accusative	einen	den	Ingwer	die	Ingwer

Descendants

• → Estonian: ingver
• → Latvian: ingvers
• → Luxembourgish: Ingwer
• → Polish: imbir, imbier (obsolete), imgbir, ingbier, jęgbir, engbier, imgbier, inbier (Middle Polish)
  • → Belarusian: імбі́р (imbír)
  • → Lithuanian: imbieras
  • → Russian: имби́рь (imbírʹ)
  • → Ukrainian: імби́р (imbýr)
• → Slovene: īngver, īmber
• → Lower Sorbian: ingwer
• → Upper Sorbian: himbjer, ingwer

Further reading

• “Ingwer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Ingwer” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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Noun

Ingwer m (uncountable)

1. ginger (spice)

   Synonyms: Gingembre, Geimer