Walnuss
German
editAlternative forms
edit- Walnuß (pre-1996)
Etymology
edit17th century, from Low German, from Middle Low German walnut, from Proto-West Germanic *walhahnut, from Proto-Germanic *walhaz (“foreign”) + *hnuts (“nut”). Cognate with Dutch walnoot, English walnut, and (from Middle Low German) Danish valnød etc. Equivalent to wal- (related with welsch) + Nuss; compare Middle High German welhisch nuz (alongside boumnuz). Possibly a calque of Latin nux gallica, but the name may merely describe the foreign origin as such; compare Finnish saksanpähkinä (literally “German nut”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈvalˌnʊs/
Audio: (file) - (Southern Germany, Switzerland, Austria) IPA(key): /ˈvaːlˌnʊs/
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Noun
editWalnuss f (genitive Walnuss, plural Walnüsse)
- walnut
- Synonyms: (southern) Welschnuss, (Switzerland) Baumnuss
- walnut tree
- Synonyms: Nussbaum, Walnussbaum
Usage notes
edit- The spelling Walnuss has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s.
Declension
editDeclension of Walnuss [feminine]
Derived terms
edit- Walnuss-Blatttütenfalter
- Walnuss-Fruchtfliege
- Walnuss-Gallmilbe
- Walnussbaum
- Walnussblatt
- Walnussbrot
- Walnussbutter
- Walnusseis
- Walnussernte
- walnussförmig
- Walnussfruchtfliege
- Walnussgallmilbe
- Walnussgewächs
- Walnusshälfte
- Walnussholz
- Walnusskern
- Walnussmilch
- Walnussöl
- Walnusspesto
- Walnusssaft
- Walnusssarg
- Walnussschaft
- Walnussschale
- Walnussschlankmotte
- Walnusszierlaus
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