🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Fleisch

Pronunciation / Transliteration: flaɪʃ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Meat/miːt/
nounCEFR A1 (Beginner)Top #950 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Dieses Gericht enthält kein Fleisch."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The flesh of an animal, especially a mammal or bird, eaten as food.

    "She prefers to buy locally sourced organic meat from the butcher."
  2. 2

    The essential or principal part of something; the core or substance.

    "Let's skip the introductory remarks and get straight to the meat of the argument."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English word 'mete', meaning food or nourishment in general, originating from Proto-Germanic *matiją. Over centuries, the meaning narrowed specifically to the edible flesh of animals, contrasting with plant-based sustenance.

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