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

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑsˈtɑnjə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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

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