Skip to content

Blaubeere

blueberry; bilberry

noun BLAU-be-re Rare
Animals & Nature Plants

Usage Note

Blaubeere is used regionally for both the wild European bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus, also Heidelbeere) and the cultivated American blueberry. In northern Germany Blaubeere is the common term, while Heidelbeere dominates in the south. The wild variety stains fingers and tongue blue-black.

Examples

"Wir haben im Wald Blaubeeren gesammelt und daraus einen Kuchen gebacken."

Natural Translation

We gathered blueberries in the forest and baked a cake from them.

Literal Translation

We gathered blueberries in the forest and from them baked a cake.

Explore German by topic