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

  1. quince (the plant Cydonia oblonga or its fruit)

Declension

Declension of kvitten
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kvitten kvittens
definite kvitten kvittens
plural indefinite kvitten kvittens
definite - -

Derived terms

  • kvittenmarmelad

Descendants

  • → Finnish: kvitteni

References

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