Ingwer

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German

Alternative forms

Ingber, Imber (dialectal, obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German ingewer, ingeber, from Old High German ingiber, gingiber, gingibero, from Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɪŋvər/, [ˈʔɪŋ.vɐ], [-ʋɐ]
Audio: (file)

Noun

Ingwer m (strong, genitive Ingwers, plural (rare) Ingwer)

ginger

Declension

Declension of Ingwer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ingwer	die	Ingwer
genitive	eines	des	Ingwers	der	Ingwer
dative	einem	dem	Ingwer	den	Ingwern
accusative	einen	den	Ingwer	die	Ingwer

Descendants

→ Estonian: ingver
→ Latvian: ingvers
→ Luxembourgish: Ingwer
→ Polish: imbir, imbier, imgbir, imber, ingbier, ingbir, jęgbir, engbier, imgbier, inbier, inbir (obsolete)
- → Belarusian: імбір (imbir)
- → Lithuanian: imbieras
- → Russian: имби́рь (imbírʹ)
- → Ukrainian: імби́р (imbýr)
→ Slovene: īngver, īmber
→ Lower Sorbian: ingwer
→ Upper Sorbian: himbjer, ingwer

Further reading

“Ingwer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Ingwer” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Noun

Ingwer m (uncountable)

ginger (spice)
Synonyms: Gingembre, Geimer

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