Gerste

German

Etymology

From Middle High German gerste, from Old High German gersta, from Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”). Cognate with Dutch gerst.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛrstə/, [ˈɡɛʁstə], [ˈɡɛɐ̯stə]
Audio (file)

Noun

Gerste f (genitive Gerste, plural Gersten)

barley

Declension

Declension of Gerste [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gerste	die	Gersten
genitive	einer	der	Gerste	der	Gersten
dative	einer	der	Gerste	den	Gersten
accusative	eine	die	Gerste	die	Gersten

Derived terms

Gerstenbrot, Gerstenbier, Gerstenfeld, Gerstenkorn, Gerstenmalz, Gerstensaft
Biergerste, Kulturgerste, Mähnen-Gerste, Mäuse-Gerste, Strand-Gerste

See also

Further reading

“Gerste” in Duden online
“Gerste” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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