Neuter
Gemüse
Meaning
- (countable, neuter, strong, uncountable) vegetable; vegetables (kinds of plants)
- (countable, neuter, strong, uncountable) a seasoned vegetable-based side dish, such as a relish (not necessarily pickled and not usually in the form of a paste)
Concepts
Synonyms
Blattgemüse
Frischgemüse
Gemüsepflanze
Marktgemüse
Dahinvegetierende
Grasplätze
Pflanzen…
Gemüsekräuter
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
gmies
Basel-Landschaft
gmiesel
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈmyːzə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German gemüese, a derivative of Old High German muos (“food, victuals, porridge”), from Proto-Germanic *mōsą (“porridge, food”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“wet, fat, dripping”). By surface analysis, ge- + Mus + -e. Cognate to Bavarian Gmias, Pennsylvania German Gemies, Luxembourgish Geméis, and possibly English mush.
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