jordgubbe
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en skål med jordgubbar (sense 1) 
in certain dialects, a wild strawberry (sense 2)
Swedish
Etymology
From jord (“earth”) + gubbe (“little lump”).
Pronunciation
Noun
jordgubbe c
- a strawberry, from Fragaria × ananassa
- Synonym: ananassmultron (obsolete, 18th century)
- plocka jordgubbar
- pick strawberries
- jordgubbar i en skål med mjölk och socker
- strawberries in a bowl with milk and sugar
- Jordgubbar smakar jordgubb
- Strawberries taste like strawberry
- jordgubbssylt
- strawberry jam
- jordgubbstårta
- strawberry cake
- (dialectal) a wild strawberry, from Fragaria vesca
- Synonym: smultron
- (obsolete, 17th century) a musk strawberry, from Fragaria moschata
- (obsolete, 17th century) a creamy strawberry, from Fragaria viridis
Usage notes
Turns into "jordgubbs-" in compounds.
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | jordgubbe | jordgubbes |
| definite | jordgubben | jordgubbens | |
| plural | indefinite | jordgubbar | jordgubbars |
| definite | jordgubbarna | jordgubbarnas |
Derived terms
- jordgubb (“(taste of) strawberry”)
- jordgubbssylt (“strawberry jam”)
See also
- smultron (“wild strawberry”)