Getreide
German
Alternative forms
- Getraide (obsolete; nonstandard)
Etymology
From Middle High German getreide, contracted from getregede, from late Old High German gitregidi (“produce, income”), a collective derived from tragen (“to bear; to bear fruit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈtʁaɪ̯də/
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Noun
Getreide n (strong, genitive Getreides, plural Getreide)
- (uncountable) cereal; corn; grain (type of plant and its fruit)
- Synonym: Korn
- (countable) a particular kind of cereal
Declension
Declension of Getreide [neuter, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Getreide | die | Getreide |
| genitive | eines | des | Getreides | der | Getreide |
| dative | einem | dem | Getreide | den | Getreiden |
| accusative | ein | das | Getreide | die | Getreide |
Related terms
- Getreideacker, Getreideernte, Getreidefeld, Getreidemühle, Getreidesack, Getreidetrocknung
- Brotgetreide, Futtergetreide, Pseudogetreide
Further reading
- “Getreide” in Duden online
- “Getreide” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Getreide”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891