IMD, the first element of gooseberry is pronounced exactly like goose.
What about the second element of berry names? Do you also reduce it and/or stress the final syllable, or is it pretty close to the word "berry" in isolation?
"Flieder" to me is lilac. It sounds very strange to talk of eating "Fliederbeeren".
The thing that got me was reading an English translation of something with "Linden(bäume)" in German and seeing "lime trees".
I had to look that one up before I believed that "lime" applies not only to citrus fruits but also to Tilia.
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Date: 2011-01-10 03:39 pm (UTC)What about the second element of berry names? Do you also reduce it and/or stress the final syllable, or is it pretty close to the word "berry" in isolation?
"Flieder" to me is lilac. It sounds very strange to talk of eating "Fliederbeeren".
The thing that got me was reading an English translation of something with "Linden(bäume)" in German and seeing "lime trees".
I had to look that one up before I believed that "lime" applies not only to citrus fruits but also to Tilia.