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It's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple? (midwest.social)
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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 53 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Some German speakers say "Erdapfel" which is literally "earth apple."

[–] Haus@kbin.earth 30 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In Dutch, a potato is called aardappel, which literally translates to "earth apple" (aarde meaning "earth" and appel meaning "apple").

[–] HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago

Unsurprisingly, similar for us in Afrikaans.

"Aartappel"

[–] superkret@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Swabian word Grombira comes from literally "ground pear"

[–] ElmarsonTheThird@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Grumbern" is the same in parts of Frankonia.

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Isnt that most common in Austria

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's my understanding. Though I have only visited the Kartoffel regions myself.

[–] BonerMan@ani.social 0 points 3 weeks ago

I know the Germans near the Czech border are also calling it erdapfel sometimes but in southern Bavaria and Austria it's the norm from my experience.

[–] Miphera@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm in Bavaria, and my grandparents used to say Erdapfel, though for any generations after that I've only ever heard them say Kartoffel.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's probably the Germans living near French, who've had bad influences.