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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/ audio (file) 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)
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