Schlehe

German

Schlehe

Etymology

From Old High German slêha, slêwа, from Proto-Germanic *slaihwō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leie- (“bluish”); related to Danish slåen, Dutch slee, and perhaps with Russian сли́ва (slíva, “plum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃleːə]

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Noun

Schlehe f (genitive Schlehe, plural Schlehen)

1. sloe, blackthorn (fruit and tree)

Synonyms

• Heckendorn
• Schwarzdorn

Derived terms

• Schlehdorn, Schlehendorn (“blackthorn”)
• Süßschlehe (“Prunus × fruticans”)

Further reading

• “Schlehe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schlehe” in Duden online
• Schlehdorn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de