appelsin

== Danish == === Etymology === Loan word from late 17th century from either Dutch appelsien or German Low German Appelsin f (“Chinese apple; apple from China”), compare German Apfelsine. It is a calque of French pomme de Sine (“apple from China”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɑb̥l̩ˈsiːˀn] === Noun === appelsin c (singular definite appelsinen, plural indefinite appelsiner) An orange, a fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis. ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== abelsin (obsolete) ==== Derived terms ==== appelsinjuice appelsinkanon få en appelsin i turbanen ==== Descendants ==== → Greenlandic: appelsiina === References === “appelsin” in Den Danske Ordbog "appelsin" entry on sproget.dk == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From either Low German appelsine, or from Dutch sinaasappel, appelsien (“Chinese apple; apple from China”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑpl̩ˈsiːn/ === Noun === appelsin m (definite singular appelsinen, indefinite plural appelsiner, definite plural appelsinene) orange, the fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis [from late 17thc.] === References === “appelsin” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “appelsin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “appelsin” in Store norske leksikon == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Loan word from late 17th century from either Dutch appelsine (“Chinese apple; apple from China”), Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Appelsin f (“Chinese apple; apple from China”) (compare German Low German Appelsina, German Apfelsine), calque of French pomme de Sine (“apple from China”) === Noun === appelsin m (definite singular appelsinen, indefinite plural appelsinar, definite plural appelsinane) orange, the fruit from the tree Citrus sinensis ==== Usage notes ==== Was considered also grammatically feminine prior to 1959. === References === “appelsin” in The Ordnett Dictionary “appelsin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. "appelsin" entry on sproget.dk