Kartoffel

== German == === Etymology === From older Tartuffel or Tartüffel (18th c.), from Italian tartufolo, diminutive of tartufo (“truffle”), from Medieval Latin *territūberum or Latin terrae tūber (“tuber of the earth”). The use as an ethnic nickname is due to the prominence of potatoes in German cuisine. Compare Spaghetti (“Italian”), Käskopp (“Dutch person”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʁˈtɔfəl/, [kaʁˈtɔfl̩], [kaɐ̯-], [-fəl] (standard) IPA(key): /kɐˈtɔfəl/ (common) === Noun === Kartoffel f (genitive Kartoffel, plural Kartoffeln, diminutive Kartöffelchen n) potato Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Kartoffel Hyponyms: Frühkartoffel, Futterkartoffel, Pellkartoffel, Saatkartoffel, Salzkartoffel, Winterkartoffel, Süßkartoffel (sometimes derogatory) a German; particularly an ethnic German from the perspective of allochthonous populations in Germany Synonyms: Kartoffeldeutscher, Herkunftsdeutscher Coordinate term: Alman ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “Kartoffel” in Duden online “Kartoffel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Kartoffel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 Kartoffel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Hunsrik == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian tartufolo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʰaˈtofəl/ Rhymes: -ofəl Syllabification: Kar‧tof‧fel === Noun === Kartoffel f (plural Kartoffle, diminutive Kartoffelche) potato Synonym: Grummbeer Host-du die Kartoffle schun gekochd? ― Have you already cooked the potatoes? ==== Derived terms ==== === References ===