aardappel

Meaning

1. (masculine) potato (vegetable)
2. (masculine) the potato plant species, Solanum tuberosum

Hyphenated as

aard‧ap‧pel

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaːr.dɑ.pəl/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch *āerdappel (“cucumber, pumpkin”), equivalent to aarde (“soil, earth, ground”) + appel (“apple”), cognate with Middle Low German erdappel (modern Low German Erdappel), Old High German erdapful (“pumpkin, squash, melon”) (modern German Erdapfel (“potato”)), West Frisian ierappel (“potato”), Old English eorþæppel (“cucumber”) (rare modern English earthapple (“potato”)), Danish jordæble. Compare also French pomme de terre (“potato”), Luxembourgish Gromper (“potato”, literally “ground pear”), regional German Grundbirne (“ground pear”).
In the 16th and 17th centuries, used for various tubers and fruits that grow in or near the soil. Modern sense spread in the 18th century.

Sentences

De plant van de aardappel is giftig .

The potato plant is poisonous.