Granat

From Middle High German grānāt which was borrowed from Medieval Latin granatus, most likely a substantivized masculine form of *lapis granatus.^[1].^[2] More at Granatapfel. The term Granat in the sense of shrimp was borrowed from Middle Low German garner, garnat or garnol, itself borrowed from Middle Dutch grenat (as spoken in Flanders).^[3]

• IPA^(key): [ɡʁaˈnaːt]

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• Hyphenation: Gra‧nat

Granat m (strong, genitive Granats, plural Granate)

1. (mineralogy) garnet
2. The common shrimp, Crangon crangon.

   Synonym: Nordseegarnele

3. (Vienna, slang) swindler
4. A short form of Granatapfel and Granatapfelbaum

• Kaisergranat

• granatartig

• Granatapfel
• Granatblüte
• Granatkern

• “Granat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Granat” in Duden online (Mineral)
• “Granat” in Duden online (Meeresfrucht)

From German Granate, from Italian granata.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʀaˈnaːt/, [ɡʀɑˈnaːt]

Granat f (plural Granaten)

1. grenade

From granat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.nat/
• Rhymes: -anat
• Syllabification: Gra‧nat

Granat m pers

1. a male surname

Granat f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname