Landei

German

Etymology

From Land +‎ Ei.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Landei n (strong, genitive Landeies or Landeis, plural Landeier)

1. egg from a small, free-range farm
2. (colloquial, often derogatory or humorous) hillbilly; country bumpkin

Declension

Declension of Landei [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Landei	die	Landeier
genitive	eines	des	Landeies, Landeis	der	Landeier
dative	einem	dem	Landei, Landeie1	den	Landeiern
accusative	ein	das	Landei	die	Landeier

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Landei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Landei” in Duden online
• “Landei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon