katrinplommon

Swedish

ett katrinplommon

Etymology

By surface analysis, Katrin +‎ plommon. Cognate with German Katharinenpflaume, French prune Sainte Catherine (“Sainte-Catherine plum”). Likely named after Catherine of Alexandria (or possibly some other saint named "Catherine"), but the exact reason is unclear.

Noun

katrinplommon n

1. a prune

   Synonym: sviskon

   Katrinplommon är torkade sviskon

   Prunes are dried prune plums

Declension

Declension of katrinplommon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	katrinplommon	katrinplommons
	definite	katrinplommonet	katrinplommonets
plural	indefinite	katrinplommon	katrinplommons
	definite	katrinplommonen	katrinplommonens

References

• “katrinplommon”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “katrinplommon”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “katrinplommon”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)