Pfirsich

German

Alternative forms

• Pfersich (obsolete and dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle High German pfersich, from Old High German phersih, from Proto-West Germanic *persik (“peach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈp͡fɪʁzɪç/, [ˈpfɪrzɪç], [ˈpfɪʁzɪç], [ˈpfɪɐ̯zɪç] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʁzɪç/, [ˈfɪʁzɪç], [ˈfɪɐ̯zɪç] (most speakers in northern and central Germany)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Pfirsich m (strong, genitive Pfirsiches or Pfirsichs, plural Pfirsiche)

1. peach

Declension

Declension of Pfirsich [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pfirsich	die	Pfirsiche
genitive	eines	des	Pfirsiches, Pfirsichs	der	Pfirsiche
dative	einem	dem	Pfirsich, Pfirsiche1	den	Pfirsichen
accusative	einen	den	Pfirsich	die	Pfirsiche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Plattpfirsich
• Weinbergpfirsich

Further reading

• “Pfirsich”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Pfirsich” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Pfirsich” in Duden online
• Pfirsich on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de