Christorbeere

German

Etymology

Perhaps Christ + Dorn + Beere. Christorbeeren is attested since at least 1795,[1] Christdornbeeren since at least 1810.[2]

Noun

Christorbeere f (genitive Christorbeere, plural Christorbeeren)

  1. (dialectal, possibly archaic) gooseberry

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References

  1. in Daniel Gottlieb Settegast's Bienencatechismus (Königsberg, 1795)
  2. in Heinrich Zschokke's Miszellen für die neueste Weltkunde (1810)
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