Schlehe

From Middle High German slēhe, from Old High German slēha, from Proto-Germanic *slaihǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *sléh₃ikos (“bluish”). Cognate with Dutch slee, English sloe, Swedish slån, and probably with Proto-Slavic *sliva (“plum”), whence Russian сли́ва (slíva) etc.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃleːə]

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Schlehe f (genitive Schlehe, plural Schlehen)

1. sloe, blackthorn (fruit and tree)

   Synonyms: Heckendorn, Schwarzdorn

• Schlehdorn, Schlehendorn (“blackthorn”)
• Süßschlehe (“Prunus × fruticans”)

• Sliwowitz

• “Schlehe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schlehe” in Duden online
• Schlehdorn on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de