Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Waldbeere

English translation:

blueberry

Added to glossary by Mary McCusker
Nov 23, 2003 15:23
21 yrs ago
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German term

waldbeere

German to English Other gastronomic
flavoring for tablets

Proposed translations

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5 hrs
Selected

Bilberry = Whortleberry = Blueberry

Heidelbeere = Blaubeere = Bickbeere = Waldbeere > Vaccinium myrtillus LINNÉ > Bilberry = Whortleberry = Blueberry
Peer comment(s):

disagree Nancy Arrowsmith : This is generally called Heidelbeere in German, not Waldbeere, which is a mixture
19 hrs
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+5
1 min

Wild berries

or just berries. The distinction between berries from wooded areas and other berries doesn't seem to exist here.
Peer comment(s):

agree Alan Johnson : these are usually brambles, raspberries, etc., not just one type of berry.
5 mins
agree RNolder (X)
1 hr
agree Palmyra : they use this at Dannon in USA: http://www.dannon.com/products/frusion/index.php
1 hr
agree shabda
2 hrs
agree Susanne Rindlisbacher
3 hrs
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+4
2 mins

blueberry / woodland berry

if equivalent to Heidelbeere = Waldbeere in many instances

or a berry growing in the woods = woodland berry

Langenscheidt
Peer comment(s):

agree Sabina Winkler CAPIRSI : also bilberry...
4 mins
True, thanks.
agree Mario Marcolin
8 mins
Thanks.
agree avantix : BE: bilberry; AE: blueberry
18 mins
agree Andrzej Lejman
33 mins
neutral swisstell : you forget the delicious tiny strawberries so full of flavor, which I picked in my youth together with blueberries
47 mins
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+3
5 mins

woodland berry

Muret-Sanders.
Peer comment(s):

agree D D (X) : ABSOLUTELY! Zwischen Wald und Wild ist ein Unterschied!
39 mins
agree Stefan Simko
15 hrs
agree Manfred Mondt : it is best to stay away from a particular type of berry, which may differ depending on the region.
23 hrs
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20 mins

fruits of the forest

another possibility
Peer comment(s):

disagree Andrzej Lejman : there are many kinds of different flavors
15 mins
agree AnnikaB : wird auch auf Marmeladengläsern und Joghurts ständig verwendet...kann also auch hier als generelle Übersetzung verwendet werden
22 hrs
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57 mins

forest berries

really in the plural

esp. in German tea or yoghurt flavours it's a mixture of the flavours of
- blackberries/Boysenberries
- elderberries
- blueberries/huckleberries
- strawberries
- raspberries
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