Rhabarber

German

Etymology

From Italian rabarbaro, from Latin rhabarbarum, reubarbarum, from Ancient Greek ῥῆον βαρβαρικόν (rhêon barbarikón).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁaˈbaʁbɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Rha‧bar‧ber

Noun

Rhabarber m (strong, genitive Rhabarbers, plural Rhabarber)

1. rhubarb (any plant of the genus Rheum, especially Rheum rhabarbarum, having large leaves and long green or reddish acidic leafstalks that are edible, in particular when cooked (although the leaves are mildly poisonous))
2. rhubarb (the leafstalks of common rhubarb or garden rhubarb (usually known as Rheum × hybridum), which are long, fleshy, often pale red, and with a tart taste, used as a food ingredient; they are frequently stewed with sugar and made into jam or used in crumbles, pies, etc)

Declension

Declension of Rhabarber [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rhabarber	die	Rhabarber
genitive	eines	des	Rhabarbers	der	Rhabarber
dative	einem	dem	Rhabarber	den	Rhabarbern
accusative	einen	den	Rhabarber	die	Rhabarber

Related terms

• Barbar

Descendants

• → Kashubian: rabarber
• → Silesian: rabarber

Further reading

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