aardappel
Dutch
Etymology
From aarde (“soil, earth, ground”) + appel (“apple”). Compare rare English earthapple; French pomme de terre, Luxembourgish Gromper (originally "ground pear"), German regionally both Erdapfel ("earth apple") and Grundbirne ("ground pear")
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːr.dɑ.pəl/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: aard‧ap‧pel
Usage notes
- Although the more common plural of appel is appels, not appelen, the more common plural of aardappel is aardappelen (at least in written style).
Derived terms
- aardappeleter
- aardappeloogst
- aardappelpuree
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: aartappel
- → English: earthapple (possibly)
- → Icelandic: jarðepli
- → Sinhalese: අර්තාපල් (artāpal)
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