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/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Sta‧chel‧bee‧re

Noun

Stachelbeere f (genitive Stachelbeere, plural Stachelbeeren)

1. gooseberry

Synonyms

• Christorbeere (dialectal)

Derived terms

• chinesische Stachelbeere

Further reading

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