Beerenkunde

[muckefuck]

Apfelbeeren chokeberries
Blaubeeren blueberries
Boysenbeeren boysenberries
Brombeeren blackberries
Elsbeeren serviceberry
Erdbeeren strawberries
Heidelbeeren bilberries
Himbeeren raspberries
Holunderbeeren elderberries
Rote/Schwarze Johannisbeeren red/blackcurrants
Kapstachelbeeren[*] groundcherry
Kermesbeeren pokeberries
Klabusterbeeren dingleberries
Krähenbeeren crowberries
Kranbeeren = Moosbeeren
Kratzbeeren dewberries
Kronsbeeren = Preiselbeeren
Maulbeeren mulberries
Moltebeeren cloudberries
Moosbeeren cranberries
Prachthimbeeren salmonberry
Preiselbeeren lingonberry
Scheinbeeren wintergreen berries
Stachelbeeren gooseberry
Stechpalmenbeeren holly berries
Wachholderbeeren juniper berries

[*] also called Judenkirschen "Jew cherries".

Comments

[tyrannio.livejournal.com]

Also, I'd presume "Kermesbeeren" are named after Kermes insect dye", which we were also talking about. (That's the old world insect dye that got replaced by cochineal insect.)

I always understood pokeberries to be deeper-colored than kermes, but I don't think I've ever seen the latter.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Either that or they play some important role in North German church carnivals.