aardappel

dutch translation of potato

Aardappel- From aarde (“soil, earth, ground”) + appel (“apple”). Compare rare English earthapple; French pomme de terre, Luxembourgish Gromper (originally "ground pear"), German regionally both Erdapfel ("earth apple") and Grundbirne ("ground pear")

Pronunciation Edit
IPA(key): /ˈa r.dɑ.pəl/
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Hyphenation: aard ap pel
Noun Edit
aardappel m (plural aardappelen or aardappels, diminutive aardappeltje n)

potato
Usage notes Edit
Although the more common plural of appel is appels, not appelen, the more common plural of aardappel is aardappelen (at least in written style).
Derived terms Edit
aardappeleter
aardappeloogst
aardappelpuree
Related terms Edit
aardpeer
Descendants Edit
Afrikaans: aartappel
→ English: earthapple (possibly)
→ Icelandic: jarðepli
→ Sinhalese: අර් තාපල් (artāpal)