Föhre

pine (tree)

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

feere

Basel-Landschaft

fööre

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈføːrə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: vorhe

Inherited from Old High German: forha

Cognate with English: fir

In summary

From Middle High German vorhe, from Old High German forha, from Proto-West Germanic *furhu, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *furhō.
While the word is now used especially in the south, the form with loss of post-liquid -h- is originally chiefly Central German; compare the variant above. Cognate with English fir.

Concepts

pine

Scots pine

highest

scotch pine

Scotch pine

Synonyms

Kiefer

Pinie

Waldkiefer

gemeine Kiefer

Wald-Föhre

Wald-Kiefer

Waldföhre

Fichte

gewöhnliche Kiefer

Lärche

Nadelhölzer

Translations

pino

pino

pijnboom

pin

den

pinheiro

pinus

sosna

πεύκο

denneboom

pi

darûk

kac

çam

pin