kastanj

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kastanie, from Italian castagna, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).

Noun

kastanj c

1. chestnut (nut or tree) (usually referring to the horse chestnut)

Declension

Declension of kastanj

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kastanj	kastanjs
	definite	kastanjen	kastanjens
plural	indefinite	kastanjer	kastanjers
	definite	kastanjerna	kastanjernas

Derived terms

• hästkastanj
• kastanjebrun
• vattenkastanj

Descendants

• → Finnish: kastanja

Further reading

• kastanj in Svensk ordbok.
• kastanj in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)