beer

From Middle High German ber, from Old High German beri. Alternatively from Middle Dutch bere, from Old Dutch *beri. Both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-.


Ananas

Borrowed from Middle French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, adapted from Old Tupi nanas.


Paprika

Borrowed from Hungarian paprika, from Serbo-Croatian pàprika, from pȁpar, from Proto-Slavic *pьpьrь, from Latin piper, from Ancient Greek πέπερι (péperi, “pepper”), from Sanskrit पिप्पलि (pippali, “long pepper”).


äöf

From Proto-West Germanic *obaet (“fruit”).

fruit (especially dried fruit from trees, e.g. apples and pears)

Oaft

Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Southeast Limburgish


Ape̩l

Äpe̩l (plural)
Ape̩le̩ (plural)
Äpe̩lke̩ (diminutive)

From Old Limburgish *appul (“apple, fruit”), from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl.


Aprikue̩s

Aprikue̩ṣe̩ (plural)
Apriküe̩ske̩ (diminutive)

[ˌɑ.pʁəˈkuːə̯s]

Borrowed from French abricots, plural of abricot, from Spanish albaricoque, from Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq), from Classical Syriac ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Latin praecox (“overripe”).

اَلْبَرْقُوق

Ape̩lkou

Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, folk etymologies


Banaan

Banaane (plural)
in the Eupen spelling (also)

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

benaan

Be̩naan (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, reduced form)


Wǫlbe̩r

From *wald (“forest”) + *beer (“berry”).

blueberry, bilberry, whortleberry, huckleberry


Mime̩l

From Wime̩l, from Wime̩r, from Wimbe̩r, from older wînbeər, from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją. Equivalent to Wiin (“wine”) + -e̩l (“berry”) (variant of -e̩r, from *beer).

(East Limburgish, Southeast Limburgish, Maastrichtian, Bocholt) red currant (fruit)


Kie̩sch

From Middle Limburgish kirse, from Old Limburgish *kirsa, from Proto-West Germanic *kirsijā, from Late Latin ceresia, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”).


Kie̩sche̩prum

Compound of Kie̩sch (“cherry”) + -e- + Prum (“plum”).


Tsitrue̩n

From Italian citrone (older variant of cedro) as well as Middle French citron, from Latin citrus, possibly from Etruscan.


Viich

Viic͜he̩ (plural)
Viige (plural)
Eupen spelling (also)

From Old French figue, from Old Occitan figa, from Vulgar Latin *fīca (“fig”), from Latin fīcus (“fig tree”), from a pre-Indo European language, perhaps Phoenician 𐤐𐤂 (pg, literally “ripe fig”).


Bakprum

Compound of bake̩ (“to bake”) + Prum (“plum”).


Daade̩l

From Middle Limburgish dadel, from Italian dattilo, from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, literally “finger”), a folk-etymological alteration of a word from a Semitic source such as Arabic دَقَل (daqal, “variety of date palm”) or Hebrew דֶּקֶל (deqel, “date palm”).

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Dattel

Date̩l (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Heerlen)


Druf

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þrūbō.


Oliif

From Middle Limburgish olīve, from Latin olīva, from Etruscan *𐌄𐌋𐌄𐌉𐌅𐌀 (*eleiva) or Proto-Greek *ἐλαίϝα (*elaíwa), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *loiwom.


Ape̩lsiin

Calque of French pomme de Sine. Equivalent to Ape̩l (“apple”) + Sina (old form of Schiina).

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old form of <i class="Latn mention" lang="li">Schiina</i>


Bie̩r

From Middle Limburgish bire, bir, from Old Limburgish bira, from Late Latin pira, reanalysis of the plural of Latin pirum.


Plüüschprum

Compound of Plüüsch (“fuzz, plush”) + Prum (“plum”).


Me̩luun

Borrowed from Dutch meloen, from Middle Dutch melone, from Middle French melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin mēlō, shortening of mēlopepō, from Koine Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn).


Pie̩tsch

Borrowed from Middle French pesche, from Old French pesche, from Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca), from Late Latin persica, from Latin persicum.

(Southeast Limburgish and Schinnen) peach (fruit)


Haane̩köl

From earlier hage(n)kul, from hag (“hedge”) + -e- + kul (from Kue̩c͜he̩l (“ball”)).

rosehip, fruit of a rose plant, especially of Rosa canina


Prum

From Old Limburgish *prūma, from Vulgar Latin *prūma, from Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon).


Orasch

Borrowed from French orange, from Old French pume orenge, influenced by Old Occitan auranja and calqued from Old Italian melarancio, melarancia, compound of mela (“apple”) and un'arancia (“an orange”), from Arabic نَارَنْج (nāranj), from Classical Persian نارنگ (nārang), from Sanskrit नारङ्ग (nāraṅga, “orange tree”), from Dravidian.

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(some dialects, specifically) bitter orange (fruit)


Ṣöötkie̩sch

/ˈzøːtˌkiə̯ʃ/

Compound of ṣööt (“sweet”) + Kie̩sch (“cherry”).


Re̩barbe̩r

/ʁəˈbaʁ.bəʁ/

Borrowed from Italian rabarbaro, from Latin rhabarbarum, probably from Koine Greek ῥῆον βάρβαρον (rhêon bárbaron), from ῥῆον (rhêon, “rhubarb”) + Ancient Greek βάρβαρον (bárbaron), neuter of βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign; barbaric”).

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ῥῆον βάρβαρον

rhubarb (both the plant and the fruit it yields)

reubarber

Rööbarbe̩l (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Tongeren)


Ouchsape̩l

Compound of Ouchs (“(august) harvest”) + Ape̩l (“apple”). Named for the time it is usually harvested, named somewhere in the nineteenth century after its first introduction to Limburg.


Ṣue̩rkie̩sch

/ˈzuə̯ʁˌkiə̯ʃ/

Compound of ṣue̩r (“sour”) + Kie̩sch (“cherry”).


Bälflöör

/bɛlˈflø̃ːʁ/

Borrowed from French bellefleur (“Bellflower”).

bor+

(especially southern dialects, though also Hamont-Achel) bellflower apple, Lincoln Pippin (fruit)


Rabau

From Middle Dutch rabaut, from Old French ribaut, from Latin.
In the sense of the apple cultivar because of its unappealing appearance.


Re̩nät

Borrowed from French reinette, from suffixed Old French raine (“frog”), from Latin rāna, of onomatopoeic origin.


C͜hoodre̩nät

/ˈɣoːd.ʁəˌnɛt/

Borrowed from Dutch goudrenet, a compound of goud (“gold”) + renet (from French reinette, from Latin rāna). Equivalent to c͜hoot + Re̩nät.


Märc͜hrǫǫte̩ Re̩nät

Compound of Märc͜hrǫǫte̩ (“Margraten”) + Re̩nät (“reinette”). Named after the region for its high degree of cultivation of this apple cultivar.


Ooft

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *obaet.

inh+

(strictly, uncountable) lower quality fruit, dried fruit