Äerdbeer

Hunsrik

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der.

Proto-Germanic *erþō

Proto-Germanic *bazją

Proto-Germanic *erþōbazją

Proto-West Germanic *erþubaʀi

Old High German erdberi

Middle High German ërtbere

Hunsrik Äerdbeer

Inherited from Middle High German ërtbere, from Old High German erdberi, from Proto-West Germanic *erþubaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *erþōbazją, from *erþō + *bazją. By surface analysis, Äerd (“ground”) +‎ Beer (“berry”).

Cognate with German Erdbeere and Luxembourgish Äerdbier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛːatˌpeːa/
• Rhymes: -eːa
• Syllabification: Ä‧erd‧beer

Noun

Äerdbeer f (plural Äerdbeere)

1. strawberry (edible fruit of certain plants of the genus Fragaria)

   Ich gehn Äerdbeere breche. ― I'm going to harvest strawberries.

   Die Äerdbeere sin noch grien. ― The strawberries are still unripe.

References

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Äerdbeer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 9, column 1