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/

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• Hyphenation: aard‧ap‧pel

Noun

aardappel m (plural aardappelen or aardappels, diminutive aardappeltje n)

1. potato

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

• aardpeer

Descendants

• Afrikaans: aartappel
• → English: earthapple (possibly)
• → Icelandic: jarðepli
• → Sinhalese: අර්‍තාපල් (artāpal)