Bodenfrost

== German == === Etymology === From Boden (“ground, soil”) +‎ Frost (“frost, freezing weather”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === Bodenfrost m (strong, genitive Bodenfrostes or Bodenfrosts, plural Bodenfröste) temperatures below 0°C measured directly over the ground, rather than at the standard measuring height (which is at least 1.25 metres, in Germany officially 2 metres) ==== Usage notes ==== English ground frost seems to be used in this sense, though it may also have other meanings; see wikipedia entry. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Bodenfrost” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Bodenfrost” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Bodenfrost” in Duden online