Noun: aardappel
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | aardappel |
| Pl. | aardappelen; aardappels |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like aardappel
kritische prestatie-indicator,
sector,
sensor,
senior,
beiaard,
legerofficier,
projector,
verschijnsel,
Batavier,
rivierwater,
windmotor,
zaling,
parabel,
senator,
stafofficier,
zoete aardappel,
discipel,
katalysator,
pluvier,
slootwater, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle Dutch erdappel (“hog's bread”), equivalent to aarde (“soil, earth, ground”) + appel (“apple”), cognate with Middle Low German erdappel (modern Low German Erdappel), Old High German erdapful (“pumpkin, squash, melon”) (modern German Erdapfel (“potato”)), West Frisian ierappel (“potato”), Old English eorþæppel (“cucumber”) (rare modern English earthapple (“potato”)), Danish jordæble. Compare also French pomme de terre (“potato”), Luxembourgish Gromper (“potato”, literally “ground pear”), regional German Grundbirne (“ground pear”).
2. In the 16th and 17th centuries, used for various tubers and fruits that grow in or near the soil. Modern sense spread in the 18th century. See: German Nouns '
Erdapfel', Old English Nouns '
eorþæppel', English Nouns '
earthapple'.
Verbs referencing "aardappel"
French Nouns
pomme de terre, German Nouns
Erdapfel, Icelandic Nouns
jarðepli, English Nouns
earthapple, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
jordeple.
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