Hagebutte

German

Etymology

By surface analysis, Hag (“hedge”) +‎ -e- +‎ Butte (“lump”) (dialectal), from Middle High German butte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːɡəˈbʊtə/, /ˈhaːɡəˌbʊtə/

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• Rhymes: -ʊtə

Noun

Hagebutte f (genitive Hagebutte, plural Hagebutten)

1. rosehip, fruit of a rose plant, especially of Rosa canina.

Declension

Declension of Hagebutte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hagebutte	die	Hagebutten
genitive	einer	der	Hagebutte	der	Hagebutten
dative	einer	der	Hagebutte	den	Hagebutten
accusative	eine	die	Hagebutte	die	Hagebutten

Derived terms

• Hagebuttenstrauch
• Hagebuttentee

Further reading

• “Hagebutte” in Duden online
• “Hagebutte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hagebutte” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• J. C. Adelung (1793–1801) “Hagebutte”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition