Gerste

Concepts

barley

wheat

grain

oat

cereal

Hordeum

bere

cereal barley

common barley

Synonyms

Weizen

Getreide

Hafer

Korn

Roggen

Saat-Gerste

Gerſte

Translations

orge

cebada

orzo

gerst

cevada

hordeum

arpa

ordi

κριθάρι

شعير

òrdi

Hordeum vulgare

ceh

Hordeum

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

gäärschte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡɛrstə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: gerste

Inherited from Old High German: gersta

Cognate with Dutch: gerst

In summary

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