appelsin
Danish
Etymology
Loan word from late 17th century from either Dutch appelsine (“Chinese apple; apple from China”), Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Appelsin f (“Chinese apple; apple from China”) (compare German Low German Appelsina, German Apfelsine), calque of French pomme de Sine (“apple from China”)
Pronunciation
Noun
appelsin c (singular definite appelsinen, plural indefinite appelsiner)
- An orange, a fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis.
- Vil du have en appelsin?
- Would you like an orange?
- Vil du have en appelsin?
Inflection
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | appelsin | appelsinen | appelsiner | appelsinerne |
genitive | appelsins | appelsinens | appelsiners | appelsinernes |
Alternative forms
- abelsin (obsolete)
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Bokmål
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Etymology
Loan word from late 17th century from either Dutch appelsine (“Chinese apple; apple from China”), Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Appelsin f (“Chinese apple; apple from China”) (compare German Low German Appelsina, German Apfelsine), calque of French pomme de Sine (“apple from China”)
Pronunciation
Noun
appelsin m (definite singular appelsinen, indefinite plural appelsiner, definite plural appelsinene)
- orange, the fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis
- Her, ta deg en appelsin, yndlingsfrukten min.
- Here, take an orange, my favourite fruit.
- Her, ta deg en appelsin, yndlingsfrukten min.
Synonyms
References
- “appelsin” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “appelsin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- "appelsin" entry on sproget.dk
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Loan word from late 17th century from either Dutch appelsine (“Chinese apple; apple from China”), Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Appelsin f (“Chinese apple; apple from China”) (compare German Low German Appelsina, German Apfelsine), calque of French pomme de Sine (“apple from China”)
Noun
appelsin m (definite singular appelsinen, indefinite plural appelsinar, definite plural appelsinane)
- orange, the fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis
- Her, ta deg ein appelsin, yndlingsfrukta mi.
- Here, take an orange, my favourite fruit.
- Her, ta deg ein appelsin, yndlingsfrukta mi.
Synonyms
References
- “appelsin” in The Ordnett Dictionary
- “appelsin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- "appelsin" entry on sproget.dk
- Danish terms derived from Dutch
- Danish terms derived from Dutch Low Saxon
- Danish terms derived from German Low German
- Danish terms derived from French
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- da:Fruits
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Dutch
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Dutch Low Saxon
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from German Low German
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- Norwegian Bokmål terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- nb:Fruits
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Dutch
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Dutch Low Saxon
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from German Low German
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- nn:Fruits