Kefe

See also: kefe

German

Etymology

From Old High German chēva (“pod”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈke.fə/

Noun

Kefe f (genitive Kefe, plural Kefen)

(Switzerland) snow pea (Pisum sativum convar. axiphium)
Synonyms: Zuckerschote, Zuckererbse, Kaiserschote

Declension

Declension of Kefe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kefe	die	Kefen
genitive	einer	der	Kefe	der	Kefen
dative	einer	der	Kefe	den	Kefen
accusative	eine	die	Kefe	die	Kefen

References

“Kefe” in Duden online
“Chëfe”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume 3, 1895, column 159

Further reading

Zuckererbse on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Kefe” in Duden online
“Kefe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

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