Landei

Landei

German

Etymology

    From Land +‎ Ei.

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Landei n (strong, genitive Landeies or Landeis, plural Landeier)

    1. egg from a small, free-range farm
    2. (colloquial, often derogatory or humorous) hillbilly; country bumpkin

    Declension

    Declension of Landei [neuter, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein das Landei die Landeier
    genitive eines des Landeies, Landeis der Landeier
    dative einem dem Landei, Landeie1 den Landeiern
    accusative ein das Landei die Landeier

    1Now rare, see notes.

    Further reading

    • “Landei”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Landei” in Duden online
    • “Landei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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