Grundbirne

German

Etymology

From Grund (“ground”) +‎ Birne (“pear”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡʁʊntˌbɪʁ.nə/
Audio (file)

Noun

Grundbirne f (genitive Grundbirne, plural Grundbirnen)

(regional, Austria) potato

Declension

Declension of Grundbirne [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Grundbirne	die	Grundbirnen
genitive	einer	der	Grundbirne	der	Grundbirnen
dative	einer	der	Grundbirne	den	Grundbirnen
accusative	eine	die	Grundbirne	die	Grundbirnen

Descendants

→ Hungarian: krumpli
→ Bulgarian: компир (kompir)
→ Macedonian: компир (kompir)
→ Luxembourgish: Gromper
→ Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: кру̀мпӣр, кро̀мпӣр
- Latin script: krùmpīr, kròmpīr
→ Slovene: krompīr

Further reading

“Grundbirne” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Grundbirne” in Duden online

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