Flieder

Etymology
Ca. 1600, from, , itself probably from , ultimately from. Cognate with modern 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

At first merely a northern synonym of ; then in the 18th century transferred to the somewhat similar-looking lilac, which is of southeastern European origin and thus had no German name.

Noun

 * 1) lilac shrub of the genus Syringa
 * 2)  black elder shrub