Maulbeere

German

Etymology

From Middle High German mūlber(e), from Old High German mūlbere, a dissimilated variant of older mūrberi, from Proto-West Germanic *mūrubaʀi ~ *mōrubaʀi, from Latin mōrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʊ̯lˌbeːʁə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Maul‧bee‧re

Noun

Maulbeere f (genitive Maulbeere, plural Maulbeeren)

1. mulberry (fruit)
2. (informal) synonym of Maulbeerbaum (“mulberry tree”)

Declension

Declension of Maulbeere [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Maulbeere	die	Maulbeeren
genitive	einer	der	Maulbeere	der	Maulbeeren
dative	einer	der	Maulbeere	den	Maulbeeren
accusative	eine	die	Maulbeere	die	Maulbeeren

Derived terms

• Papiermaulbeere (“paper mulberry”)
• Rote Maulbeere (“red mulberry”)
• Schwarze Maulbeere (“black mulberry”)
• Weiße Maulbeere (“white mulberry”)

Related terms

• Beere

Further reading

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