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, which see.

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

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