kvitten

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German quiten, from Latin mālum cotōnium, from Ancient Greek μηλοκυδώνιον (mēlokudṓnion), from Κυδωνία (Kudōnía).

Noun

kvitten c or n

quince (the plant Cydonia oblonga or its fruit)

Declension

Declension of kvitten
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kvitten	kvitten	kvitten	-
Genitive	kvittens	kvittens	kvittens	-

Derived terms

kvittenmarmelad

Descendants

→ Finnish: kvitteni

References

kvitten in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
kvitten in Svensk ordbok (SO)
kvitten in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
kvitten in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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