Vocabulary
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Sellerie
/ˈzɛləʁi/· noun· Pl. die Sellerie / die Selleries
celeriac; celery
Sellerie is both celeriac (Knollensellerie, the root, for soups and salads) and celery (Staudensellerie, the stalks). Celery in any form — even in a stock or a spice mix — is one of the 14 allergens that must be declared.
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Forms
- Singular
- der Sellerie
- Plural
- die Sellerie / die Selleries
- Genitiv
- des Selleries
- auch feminin
- die Sellerie (regional, and in Austria)
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Sellerie
celeriac (the root)
Für die Suppe brauchen wir eine Knolle Sellerie.
We need a celeriac for the soup.
Word family
Sellerieder Knollensellerieceleriacder Staudenselleriecelerydas Selleriesalzcelery saltdie Sellerieallergiecelery allergy
Common combinations
- gegen Sellerie allergisch seinto be allergic to celery
- eine Knolle Selleriea celeriac
- eine Stange Selleriea stick of celery
Common learner mistakes
- SelerieSellerieIt is spelled with a double l, and the stress is on the first syllable: Sel-le-rie.
Real examples
- Auch in der Gemüsebrühe steckt Sellerie.There's celery in the vegetable stock too.
- Ohne Sellerie schmeckt die Suppe ganz anders.Without celeriac the soup tastes quite different.
- Der Gast fragt, ob der Salat Sellerie enthält.The guest asks whether the salad contains celery.
