Haselnuss
See also: Haselnuß
German
Alternative forms
- Haselnuß (pre-1996 orthography)
Etymology
From Middle High German haselnuz, from Old High German hasalnuz. Analysable as Hasel + Nuss. Cognate with Dutch hazelnoot, English hazelnut.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhaːzl̩ˌnʊs]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ha‧sel‧nuss
Noun
Haselnuss f (genitive Haselnuss, plural Haselnüsse, diminutive Haselnüsschen n or Haselnüsslein n)
- hazelnut
Usage notes
- The spelling Haselnuss has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s.
Declension
Declension of Haselnuss [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Haselnuss | die | Haselnüsse |
genitive | einer | der | Haselnuss | der | Haselnüsse |
dative | einer | der | Haselnuss | den | Haselnüssen |
accusative | eine | die | Haselnuss | die | Haselnüsse |
Further reading
- “Haselnuss” in Duden online
- “Haselnuss” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache