kastanj

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kastanie, from Italian castagna, from Latin castanea, from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).

Noun

kastanj c

1. chestnut (nut or tree) (usually referring to the horse chestnut)

Declension

Declension of kastanj
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kastanj	kastanjen	kastanjer	kastanjerna
Genitive	kastanjs	kastanjens	kastanjers	kastanjernas

Descendants

• → Finnish: kastanja

Further reading

• kastanj in Svensk ordbok.
• kastanj in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)