Skip to content

Gerste

barley

noun GAYR-ste Less Common
Food & Drink Ingredients

Usage Note

Gerste is feminine and chiefly a mass noun. It is the key grain for brewing beer, and pearl barley Graupen is used in soups and stews.

Examples

"Für das Bier wird vor allem Gerste verwendet."

Natural Translation

Barley above all is used for the beer.

Literal Translation

For the beer is above all barley used.

Explore German by topic