Ananas

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ananas"

Translingual

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Tupi ananá.

Proper noun

Ananas m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae pineapple and similar plants.

Hypernyms

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Derived terms

References

German

Etymology

16th century, from Middle French ananas and/or Dutch ananas, themselves from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.na.nas/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: A‧na‧nas

Noun

Ananas f (genitive Ananas, plural Ananas or Ananasse)

  1. pineapple
    • 1839, Jakob Ernst von Reider, Die treue Kundgebung des Geheimnisses, Augsburg, page 16:
      Die Arten der Ananas. Die Pflanze. Man kennt über 15 Arten Ananas.
      The types of Ananas. The plant. One knows over 15 types of Ananas.
  2. (Austria) strawberry
    Synonym: Erdbeere

Declension

Derived terms

  • Ananasfrucht
  • Ananasgewächs
  • Ananaspflanze
  • Ananassaft
  • Ananasschneider

Further reading

  • Ananas” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Ananas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Ananas” in Duden online
  • Ananas on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Limburgish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, adapted from Old Tupi nanas.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.na.nas/, [ˈɑ.nɑ.nɑs]

Noun

Ananas f (plural Ananasse or Ananase̩) (German-based spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

  1. pineapple

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈananas/, [ˈɑnɑnɑs]

Noun

Ananas m or f (plural Ananassen or Ananas)

  1. pineapple
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