Hafer

German

Etymology

From Middle High German haber, habere, from Old High German habaro, from Proto-Germanic *habrô. The modern consonantism is Low German (compare Middle Low German haver, havere and modern German Low German Haver, Hafer). The Upper German cognate form Haber is now obsolete in standard usage. The further history of the term is unclear; Jan de Vries considers it possible that it derives from a pre-PIE substratum. Cognate to Dutch haver, Swedish havre).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhaːfɐ/
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Noun

Hafer m (genitive Hafers, plural Hafer)

oat

Declension

Declension of Hafer

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hafer	die	Hafer
genitive	eines	des	Hafers	der	Hafer
dative	einem	dem	Hafer	den	Hafern
accusative	einen	den	Hafer	die	Hafer

Derived terms

Haferbrei
Haferflocke
Hafergrütze
Haferkorn
Hafersack
Futterhafer

Descendants

English: haversack

See also

Further reading

Hafer in Duden online

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