Banaan

See also: banaan

Limburgish

Alternative forms

banaan (Veldeke spelling)
Be̩naan (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, reduced form)
- benaan (Veldeke spelling)

Etymology

From Dutch bananne or German Banane, from Portuguese banana, from a Niger-Congo language of West Africa (e.g. Wolof banaana).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈnaːn/
Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Banaan f (plural Banaane̩ or Banaane) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, also in the Eupen spelling)

banana (fruit)

Usage notes

Banaane̩ is the spelling of the plural for the Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, while Banaane is the spelling of the plural for the Eupen dialect.

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