Stachelbeere

German

Etymology

Stachel +‎ Beere (“berry”). The term has been attested since at least the late 16th century; the 1607 dictionary Dictionnaire François-Allemand & Allemand-François contains the variant forms "Stachelbeer" and "Stichelbeer".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaxl̩ˌbeːʁə/

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• Hyphenation: Sta‧chel‧bee‧re

Noun

Stachelbeere f (genitive Stachelbeere, plural Stachelbeeren)

1. gooseberry

   Synonym: (dialectal) Christorbeere

Declension

Declension of Stachelbeere [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Stachelbeere	die	Stachelbeeren
genitive	einer	der	Stachelbeere	der	Stachelbeeren
dative	einer	der	Stachelbeere	den	Stachelbeeren
accusative	eine	die	Stachelbeere	die	Stachelbeeren

Derived terms

• chinesische Stachelbeere

Further reading

• “Stachelbeere” in Duden online
• “Stachelbeere” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache