kastanje

Danish

Etymology

From Italian castagna, from Latin castanea (“chestnut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kastanjə/, [kʰaˈsd̥anjə], [kʰaˈsd̥anˀjə]

Noun

kastanje c (singular definite kastanjen, plural indefinite kastanjer)

1. chestnut (nut of the chestnut tree)
2. chestnut, chestnut tree, Castanea
3. horse-chestnut (seed)
4. horse-chestnut (tree), Aesculus

Inflection

Declension of kastanje

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kastanje	kastanjen	kastanjer	kastanjerne
genitive	kastanjes	kastanjens	kastanjers	kastanjernes

Synonyms

• (chestnut): spisekastanje, ædelkastanje
• (chestnut tree): kastanjetræ, spisekastanje, ædelkastanje
• (horse-chestnut (seed)): hestekastanje
• (horse-chestnut (tree)): hestekastanje, kastanjetræ

Further reading

• kastanje on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch castaenge, from Picard Old French castagne, from Latin castānea, from Ancient Greek κᾰστᾰ́νειᾰ (kastáneia), variant of κᾰ́στᾰνᾰ (kástana).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑsˈtɑnjə/

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• Hyphenation: kas‧tan‧je
• Rhymes: -ɑnjə

Noun

kastanje m (plural kastanjes, diminutive kastanjetje n)

1. chestnut (nut of the chestnut tree)
2. chestnut tree

Derived terms

• kastanjeboleet
• kastanjeboom
• kastanjebos
• kastanjebruin
• kastanjecrème
• kastanjehout
• kastanjekanker
• kastanjepuree
• paardenkastanje

Descendants

• Jersey Dutch: kestänne
• → Indonesian: kastanye

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

kastanje m (definite singular kastanjen, indefinite plural kastanjer, definite plural kastanjene)

1. a chestnut tree
2. a chestnut (the tree, or the nut borne by the tree)

See also

• hestekastanje
• kastanjebrun

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kastanje m (definite singular kastanjen, indefinite plural kastanjar, definite plural kastanjane)

1. a chestnut tree
2. a chestnut (the tree or the nut)

See also

• hestekastanje
• kastanjebrun