𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 7 months agoIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?message-square91fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down124
arrow-up1285arrow-down1message-squareIt's been 30 years and I still can't get over the fact that the French word for "potatoes" is "ground apples." Have The French never had an apple?𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 7 months agomessage-square91fedilink
minus-square@hakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink10•edit-27 months agoIn Germany they are called Kartoffeln (which is also a slur for the Germans itself). But potatoes are also called Erdäpfel (ground apples) or in southern dialect Krombire (bent pear). More variants here: Source (German): https://die-kartoffel.de/wissen/schon-gewusst/kartoffel-deutsche-dialekte/
minus-square@EffortlessEffluvium@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•edit-27 months agoAnd french fries are Pommes Frites. Fried apples
In Germany they are called Kartoffeln (which is also a slur for the Germans itself).
But potatoes are also called Erdäpfel (ground apples) or in southern dialect Krombire (bent pear).
More variants here:
Source (German): https://die-kartoffel.de/wissen/schon-gewusst/kartoffel-deutsche-dialekte/
Nudel?? NUDEL???
And french fries are Pommes Frites. Fried apples