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Volga German
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian арбуз (arbuz).
Noun
Erbus (plural Erbusen)
- watermelon
References
- Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Volkskunde der Unviersität Wien, volume 4 (Verlag A. Schendl), page 49: Grün wie Schnee / Weiß wie Klee / Rot wie Blut / Schmeckt sehr gut. (Erbus, so nannten die Rußlanddeutschen die Wassermelone, Teresa Hardt, Urdinarrain)
- Journal of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, volumes 15-16, (1992), page 46: Who could ever forget the eigemachte Erbusen? The Germans call them Wassermelone. For this delicacy the watermelons would be picked late in the season when they were not too ripe and would remain firm.