Geerste

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German gersta, from Proto-Germanic *gerstō (“barley”). Cognate with German Gerste, Dutch gerst, English gorse.

Noun

Geerste f

  1. (Uri) barley

References
  • “Geerste” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co.
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