Aubergine

See also: aubergine

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine. Doublet of Melanzani.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /obɛrˈʒiːnə/, /-bər-/, [o.bɛʁˈʒiː.nə], [ˌoː-], [-bɛɐ̯-], [-bɐ-]
IPA^(key): /ˈoːbɛrˌʃiːnə/, /-bər-/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
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Hyphenation: Au‧ber‧gi‧ne
Homophone: Oberschiene (southern with /-bər-/)

Noun

Aubergine f (genitive Aubergine, plural Auberginen)

aubergine, eggplant (plant, vegetable, herb)

Declension

Declension of Aubergine [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Aubergine	die	Auberginen
genitive	einer	der	Aubergine	der	Auberginen
dative	einer	der	Aubergine	den	Auberginen
accusative	eine	die	Aubergine	die	Auberginen

Synonyms

(plant): Eierpflanze
(fruit): Eierfrucht

Derived terms

See also

Oberschiene

Further reading

“Aubergine” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Aubergine” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Aubergine” in Duden online
Aubergine on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aubergine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /obærˈʒin/, [ˌo.bæʀˈʒin]
IPA^(key): /oberˈʒin/, [ˌo.bɐˈʒin]

Noun

Aubergine f (plural Auberginnen)

aubergine

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