potatis
Latin
Verb
pōtātis
- second-person plural present active indicative of pōtō
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English potatoes, probably through an intermediate potates, from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʊˈtɑːtɪs/, /pʊ²tɑːˌtɪs/
Audio (Gotland); “en potatis” /pʊˈtɑːtɪs/: (file) - Hyphenation: po‧ta‧tis
- Rhymes: -¹ɑːtɪs, -²ɑːtɪs
Noun
potatis c
- a potato (tuber of Solanum tuberosum)
- Hur många potatisar åt du?
- How many potatoes did you eat?
- (collectively) potatoes
- Pommes frites görs av potatis
- French fries are made from potatoes [potato]
- skala potatis
- peel potatoes
- sätta potatis
- plant potatoes
- skörda potatis
- harvest potatoes
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | potatis | potatis |
| definite | potatisen | potatisens | |
| plural | indefinite | potatisar | potatisars |
| definite | potatisarna | potatisarnas |
Synonyms
- potät (Bohuslän)
- knöl
- pantoffel (southwestern Scania)
- pantolla (Scania)
- pära (southeastern Scania and Gotland)
- pären, jordpären (northern Norrland)
- jordäpplen, jopp (western Dalarna)
- jolappel (northern Värmland)
- jolpron, jordpäron (Östergötland)
- petäta, petätta (northeastern Bohuslän)
- noler, putäter (Västergötland)
Derived terms
- färskpotatis (“new potato”)
- ha satt sin sista potatis
- hasselbackspotatis
- het potatis
- mandelpotatis (“almond potato”)
- potatisskalare (“peeler”)