Kranbeere

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Kran +‎ Beere. Originally Middle Low German, whence also English cranberry. The English word, on its part, loaned the German word the rarer sense “cranberry”.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʁaːnˌbeːʁə/
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Noun

Kranbeere f (genitive Kranbeere, plural Kranbeeren)

  1. (regional, Northern Germany, dated) cowberry; lingonberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea)
    Synonym: Preiselbeere
  2. (rather rare) cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)
    Synonym: Cranberry

Declension
Declension of Kranbeere [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kranbeere die Kranbeeren
genitive einer der Kranbeere der Kranbeeren
dative einer der Kranbeere den Kranbeeren
accusative eine die Kranbeere die Kranbeeren
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