Gräte
See also: grate, Grate, and gråte
German
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German græte, the plural form of grāt, from Old High German grāt. Doublet of Grat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁɛːtə/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁeːtə/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Grä‧te
Noun
Gräte f (genitive Gräte, plural Gräten)
- fishbone
- Synonym: Fischgräte
Declension
Declension of Gräte [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Gräte | die | Gräten |
| genitive | einer | der | Gräte | der | Gräten |
| dative | einer | der | Gräte | den | Gräten |
| accusative | eine | die | Gräte | die | Gräten |
Derived terms
adjective
- grätig
Further reading
- “Gräte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gräte” in Duden online
- “Gräte”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Gräte” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon