Beere

== English == === Proper noun === Beere A surname. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German ber, bere n (sometimes f), from Old High German beri n, from Proto-Germanic *bazją n. Cognate with English berry and eventually Dutch bes. Chiefly in Upper German, the final vowel was lost through early apocope after short vowel + single sonorant. The -e was maintained in the north, however, where it led to a shift to the feminine gender (compare Middle Low German bēre f), facilitated by the predominant use in the plural. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeːʁə/ Rhymes: -eːʁə === Noun === Beere f (genitive Beere, plural Beeren, diminutive Beerchen n) berry ==== Usage notes ==== Compounds use the stem Beeren- with the simplex (e.g. Beerensammler), but otherwise they use the stem Beer- (e.g. Erdbeerkuchen). ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Beere” in Duden online “Beere”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Hunsrik == === Noun === Beere plural of Beer == Pennsylvania German == === Noun === Beere plural of Beer == Saterland Frisian == === Etymology === From Old Frisian bēre, from Proto-West Germanic *bāru, from Proto-Germanic *bērō. Cognate with English bier. === Noun === Beere f bier; stretcher