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

• IPA^(key): /apəlsiːn/, [ɑb̥əlˈsiːˀn]

Noun

appelsin c (singular definite appelsinen, plural indefinite appelsiner)

1. An orange, a fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis.

   Vil du have en appelsin?

   Would you like an orange?

Inflection

Declension of appelsin

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	appelsin	appelsinen	appelsiner	appelsinerne
genitive	appelsins	appelsinens	appelsiners	appelsinernes

Alternative forms

• abelsin (obsolete)

Derived terms

• appelsinjuice
• appelsinkanon
• få en appelsin i turbanen

References

• “appelsin” in Den Danske Ordbog
• "appelsin" entry on sproget.dk

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Norwegian Bokmål

appelsin

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

• IPA^(key): /ɑpl̩ˈsiːn/

Noun

appelsin m (definite singular appelsinen, indefinite plural appelsiner, definite plural appelsinene)

1. orange, the fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis

   Her, ta deg en appelsin, yndlingsfrukten min.

   Here, take an orange, my favourite fruit.

Synonyms

• oransje

References

• “appelsin” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “appelsin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• "appelsin" entry on sproget.dk

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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)

1. orange, the fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis

   Her, ta deg ein appelsin, yndlingsfrukta mi.

   Here, take an orange, my favourite fruit.

Synonyms

• oransje

References

• “appelsin” in The Ordnett Dictionary
• “appelsin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• "appelsin" entry on sproget.dk