Haselnuss

See also: Haselnuß

German

Alternative forms

• Haselnuß (pre-1996 orthography)

Etymology

From Middle High German haselnuz, from Old High German hasalnuz. Analysable as Hasel +‎ Nuss. Cognate with Dutch hazelnoot, English hazelnut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhaːzl̩ˌnʊs]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ha‧sel‧nuss

Noun

Haselnuss f (genitive Haselnuss, plural Haselnüsse, diminutive Haselnüsschen n or Haselnüsslein n)

1. hazelnut

Declension

Declension of Haselnuss [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Haselnuss	die	Haselnüsse
genitive	einer	der	Haselnuss	der	Haselnüsse
dative	einer	der	Haselnuss	den	Haselnüssen
accusative	eine	die	Haselnuss	die	Haselnüsse

Usage notes

• The spelling Haselnuss has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s.

Further reading

• “Haselnuss” in Duden online
• “Haselnuss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache