Pomeranze

German

Etymology

15th century, from Medieval Latin pomerancium, from pomum (“fruit”) + arancia (“orange”), the latter from Arabic نارَنْج‎ (nāranj), from Persian نارنگ‎ (nârang). Doublet of Orange. Cognate with Italian pomarancia (“sweet orange”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔməˈʁant͡sə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -antsə

Noun

Pomeranze f (genitive Pomeranze, plural Pomeranzen)

  1. bitter orange
    Synonyms: Bitterorange, Bitterapfelsine
  2. (chiefly in compounds) a girl, by extension also any person, from the countryside or from a small town, who is unfamiliar with and easily impressed by city dwellers’ lifestyle

Declension

Derived terms

  • Dorfpomeranze, Kleinstadtpomeranze, Landpomeranze, Vorstadtpomeranze
  • pomeranzenhaft, pomeranzig

Descendants

  • → Czech: pomeranč
  • → Polish: pomarańcza
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: поморанџа, поморанча
Latin: pomorandža, pomoranča

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