aardappel

Etymology
From, equivalent to 🇰🇲, cognate with 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (modern 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (rare modern 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬. Compare also, 🇨🇬, regional.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, used for various tubers and fruits that grow in or near the soil. Modern sense spread in the 18th century.

Noun

 * 1) potato (vegetable)
 * 2)  The potato plant species,

Usage notes

 * Although the more common plural of is appels, not appelen, the more common plural of aardappel is aardappelen (at least in written style).