kvitten
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Low German quiten, from Latin mālum cotōnium, from Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion), from Κυδωνία (Kudōnía).
Noun
[edit]kvitten c or n
- quince (the plant Cydonia oblonga or its fruit)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | kvitten | kvittens |
| definite | kvitten | kvittens | |
| plural | indefinite | kvitten | kvittens |
| definite | - | - |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Finnish: kvitteni
References
[edit]- kvitten in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- kvitten in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- kvitten in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- kvitten in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)