Pomeranze

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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/
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  • Rhymes: -antsə

Noun

Pomeranze f (genitive Pomeranze, plural Pomeranzen)

  1. bitter orange
    Synonyms: Bitterorange, Bitterapfelsine
    • 1816, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “St. Agata, den 24. Februar 1787”, in Italienische Reise [Italian Journey]‎, volume 1:
      Als wir aus Fondi herausfuhren, ward es eben helle, und wir wurden sogleich durch die über die Mauern hängenden Pomeranzen auf beiden Seiten des Wegs begrüßt. Die Bäume hängen so voll, als man sich's nur denken kann.
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  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

Declension of Pomeranze
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Pomeranze die Pomeranzen
genitive einer der Pomeranze der Pomeranzen
dative einer der Pomeranze den Pomeranzen
accusative eine die Pomeranze die Pomeranzen

Derived terms

Descendants

Cyrillic script: поморанџа, поморанча
Latin script: pomorandža, pomoranča

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