Quitte

See also: quitte and quitté

German

Etymology

From Middle High German quiten, from Old High German quitina, from Vulgar Latin *quidonia, from Classical Latin cydōnium, cydōnia māla, from Ancient Greek κυδώνια μῆλα (kudṓnia mêla). Cognate with Dutch kwee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvɪtə/, [ˈkʋɪ.tə]

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Noun

Quitte f (genitive Quitte, plural Quitten)

1. quince (fruit)

Declension

Declension of Quitte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Quitte	die	Quitten
genitive	einer	der	Quitte	der	Quitten
dative	einer	der	Quitte	den	Quitten
accusative	eine	die	Quitte	die	Quitten

Derived terms

• Quittenbaum
• Quittenbrot
• quittengelb
• Quittenkompott
• Quittensaft

Descendants

• → Upper Sorbian: kwita
• → Volapük: kvit

Further reading

• “Quitte” in Duden online
• “Quitte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache