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-.


ei

From Middle Dutch ei, from Old Dutch *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.


Ananas

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(German-based spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)

Ananasse (plural)
Ananase̩ (plural)
annanas (alternative)
Annanass (alternative)
Ane̩nas (alternative)

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


Mull

From Middle Dutch mule, from Old Dutch *mūla, from Proto-Germanic *mūlō.


Paprika

Paprika (plural)
paprika (alternative)
Papprika (alternative)

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”).


Tuun

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Tuun m (plural Tüün, diminutive Tüünke or Tünke)

Tüün (plural)
Tüünke (diminutive)
Tünke (diminutive)
toen (alternative)
Tuune (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“stronghold, rampart”) (likely through Gaulish dūnom), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- or *dʰewh₂-. Compare German Zaun, German Low German Tuun, Luxembourgish Zonk, Dutch tuin, English town.

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possibly from


Poor

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Poor m (plural Poore, diminutive Pöörke)

Poore (plural)
Pöörke (diminutive)
Porré (alternative)
poor (alternative)

From Walloon porea, from Latin porrum. Doublet of Porré.


Muur

From Old Limburgish mūra, from Latin mūrus.

a physical wall, usually one made of stone or concrete


Éï

From Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.


Porré

Porré f (plural Porréër, diminutive Porreeke)

Porréër (plural)
Porreeke (diminutive)
Poor (alternative)
poor (alternative)

Borrowed from Middle French porrée, from Latin porrum. Doublet of Poor.


Wiin

Wiine (plural)
Winntje (diminutive)
Wien (alternative)
wien (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną, from Latin vīnum.


Önn

From earlier ünne, from Proto-West Germanic *unnjā, from Latin ūniō. Compare Luxembourgish Ënn, and also English onion (through Old French instead).

onion (typically Allium cepa, the plant or its bulb)


Ärrent

From Old Limburgish *arn, from Proto-West Germanic *aʀani, from Proto-Germanic *azaniz. The modern form with an alveolar plosive (first attested in Middle High German ernde f) stems from merger with related Old High German arnōt m, from Proto-Germanic *azanōdaz.


Kroëpétt

From earlier krompet (alternative forms are present in multiple neighbouring Limburgish and Central Franconian dialects), probably from Walloon crompîre, crompire, itself likely from Limburgish grompeer or Luxembourgish Gromper. Equivalent to Graunt (“ground”) + Péër (“pear”).


Schlaat

From Italian salata, a variant of insalata, likely reinforced by Middle French salade.


Koore

From Middle Dutch kōren, from Old Dutch *korn, from Proto-West Germanic *korn, from Proto-Germanic *kurną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

(uncountable) cereal; corn; grain (type of plant and its fruit)


äöf

äöf m or f or n (plural äöve, diminutive äöfke)

Borrowed from French œuf (“egg”). Doublet of ei (“egg”).


äöf

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(Veldeke spelling, widespread especially in Central Limburgish, East Limburgish)

äöfte (plural)
äöfke (diminutive)
aof (alternative)
Oëft (alternative)
Oe̩ft (alternative)
Oaft (alternative)
Öëf (alternative)
Öëft (alternative)
Oëfte (alternative)

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

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


Ape̩l

Äpe̩l (plural)
Ape̩le̩ (plural)
Äpe̩lke̩ (diminutive)
appel (alternative)
Appel (alternative)

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)
aprikoeës (alternative)
Apprikuës (alternative)
Abrikue̩s (alternative)
Abrikoos (alternative)
Aprikoos (alternative)
Ape̩lkue̩s (alternative)
Ape̩lkou (alternative)

[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”).

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اَلْبَرْقُوق


Banaan

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(Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, also in the Eupen spelling)

Banaane (plural)
banaan (alternative)
Be̩naan (alternative)

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


Wǫlbe̩r

(Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Southeast Limburgish, some dialects of Central Limburgish)

Wǫlbe̩re̩ (plural)
wolber (alternative)
Wollber (alternative)
Walbe̩r (alternative)
Wǫrbe̩l (alternative)
Wurbe̩l (alternative)
Warbe̩l (alternative)
Wǫlbeer (alternative)
Walbeer (alternative)
Mǫlbe̩r (alternative)
Mulbe̩r (alternative)
Malbe̩r (alternative)
Mǫrbe̩l (alternative)
Murbe̩l (alternative)
Marbe̩l (alternative)
Wǫrbe̩lt (alternative)
Warbe̩lt (alternative)
Arbe̩l (alternative)
Ǫrbe̩l (alternative)
Mǫlbeer (alternative)
Mulbeer (alternative)
Malbeer (alternative)
Mǫlsbeer (alternative)
Malsbeer (alternative)
Mǫrme̩l (alternative)
Marme̩l (alternative)
Marme̩lt (alternative)
Marbe̩lt (alternative)
Malbe̩rt (alternative)
Malme̩rt (alternative)
Wǫlsbeer (alternative)
Wǫǫlbe̩r (alternative)
Wǫǫlsbeer (alternative)
Ǫǫlbeer (alternative)
Ǫǫlsbeer (alternative)
Ǫǫrbe̩l (alternative)
Ǫǫlbe̩r (alternative)
Krǫke̩beer (alternative)
Kräke̩beer (alternative)

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

blueberry, bilberry, whortleberry, huckleberry


Mime̩l

Mime̩le̩ (plural)
miemel (alternative)
Mime̩r (alternative)

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

Kie̩sche̩ (plural)
kieësj (alternative)
Kee̩sch (alternative)

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


Kie̩sche̩prum

Kie̩sche̩pruume̩ (plural)
kieësjeproem (alternative)

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


Tsitrue̩n

Tsitrue̩ne̩ (plural)
tsitroeën (alternative)
Tsitruuën (alternative)
Tsitruun (alternative)
Sitrue̩n (alternative)
Sitruun (alternative)
Se̩true̩n (alternative)
Se̩truun (alternative)

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


Koke̩snue̩t

Koke̩snüe̩t (plural)
kokesnoeët (alternative)
Kookosnoët (alternative)


Daade̩l

Daade̩le̩ (plural)
dadel (alternative)
Date̩l (alternative)

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”).


Bakprum

Bake̩pruume̩ (plural)
bakproem (alternative)
Bakkprumm (alternative)

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


Viich

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(Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, also Eupen spelling)

Viic͜he̩ (plural)
Viige (plural)
vieg (alternative)

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”).


Druf

Druuve̩ (plural)
droef (alternative)
Druff (alternative)
Druuf (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þrūbō.


Me̩luun

Me̩luune̩ (plural)
meloen (alternative)
Maluun (alternative)
Me̩lae̩n (alternative)

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).


Oliif

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


Ape̩lsiin

Ape̩lsiine̩ (plural)
appelsien (alternative)
Appelsin (alternative)
Appelsiin (alternative)
Ape̩lsing (alternative)

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>


Orasch

Orasche̩ (plural)
orazj (alternative)
orange (alternative)
Orangel (alternative)

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)


Pie̩tsch

Pie̩dsche̩ (plural)
pieëtsj (alternative)

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)


Plüüschprum

Plüüschpruume̩ (plural)
pluusjproem (alternative)
Plüschprumm (alternative)

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


Bie̩r

Bire̩ (plural)
Biire̩ (plural)
bieër (alternative)
Biër (alternative)

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


Prum

Pruume̩ (plural)
Prümke̩ (diminutive)
proem (alternative)
Prumm (alternative)

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


Re̩barbe̩r

Re̩barbe̩r (plural)
rebarber (alternative)
Rööbarbe̩l (alternative)
Rabarrber (alternative)

/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)


Haane̩köl

Haane̩köle̩ (plural)
haanekul (alternative)

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

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


Ṣue̩rkie̩sch

Ṣue̩rkie̩sche̩ (plural)
zoeërkieësj (alternative)

/ˈzuə̯ʁˌkiə̯ʃ/

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


Ṣöötkie̩sch

Ṣöötkie̩sche̩ (plural)
zeutkieësj (alternative)

/ˈzøːtˌkiə̯ʃ/

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


Ouchsape̩l

Ouchsäpe̩l (plural)
ougsappel (alternative)

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.


Bälflöör

Bälflööre̩ (plural)
bèlfleur (alternative)
bellefleur (alternative)

/bɛlˈflø̃ːʁ/

Borrowed from French bellefleur (“Bellflower”).

bor+

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


C͜hoodre̩nät

C͜hoodre̩näte̩ (plural)
goodrenèt (alternative)

/ˈɣoːd.ʁəˌnɛt/

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


Re̩nät

Re̩näte̩ (plural)
renet (alternative)
renette (alternative)

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


Rabau

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(Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, including Eupen spelling)

Rabauwe (plural)
rabauw (alternative)
Rabou (alternative)

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


Märc͜hrǫǫte̩ Re̩nät

Märc͜hrǫǫte̩ Re̩näte̩ (plural)
Mergraote renet (alternative)

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


Beeslue̩k

Beeslüe̩k (plural)
beesloeëk (alternative)
Beestlue̩k (alternative)

Compound of Bees (“rush”) + Lue̩k (“leek”). Compare Dutch bieslook.

Allium schoenoprasum
Allium schoenoprasum#Translingual

several plants within the Allium genus:
chive, Allium schoenoprasum

Allium vineale
Allium vineale#Translingual

(uncommon) onion grass, crow garlic, Allium vineale


Bee̩rlue̩k

Bee̩rlüe̩k (plural)
beërloeëk (alternative)

/ˈbeə̯ʁˌluə̯k/

Compound of Bee̩r (“bear”) + Lue̩k (“leek”). Compare German Bärlauch.

Allium ursinum
Allium ursinum#Translingual

(Southeast Limburgish) ramson, buckram, wild garlic, Allium ursinum


Wengkte̩rön

Wengkte̩röne̩ (plural)
winkterun (alternative)

/ˈʋeŋk.təʁˌøn/

Compound of Wengkte̩r (“winter”) + Ön (“onion”).

Allium fistulosum
Allium fistulosum#Translingual

(Southeast Limburgish) spring onion, Allium fistulosum


Knofloe̩k

Knofloe̩ke̩ (plural)
knófloak (alternative)

Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *klobulauk (literally “clove-leek”), equivalent to kleeve̩ (“cleave”) + Loe̩k (“leek”).

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Allium sativum
Allium sativum#Translingual

(Southeast Limburgish) garlic, Allium sativum (bulb, used as a culinary herb, or plant)


Lue̩k

Lüe̩k (plural)
loeëk (alternative)
Lauk (alternative)
Louk (alternative)
Luuk (alternative)
Look (alternative)
Loe̩k (alternative)
Lǫǫk (alternative)

From Proto-West Germanic *lauk, from Proto-Germanic *laukaz. Normally Proto-Germanic *au before a non-alveolar consonant would be retained in Limburgish (see Lauk and Louk), therefore the monophthong (or centering diphthong) here would indicate outside influence from another West Germanic variant.

Allium ampeloprasum
Allium ampeloprasum#Translingual

Allium porrum
Allium porrum#Translingual

leek, Allium ampeloprasum (syn. Allium porrum) (stem vegetable)

(chiefly West Limburgish, Central Limburgish) garlic, Allium sativum (bulb, used as a culinary herb, or plant)

(Koersel, Opoeteren, Wellen) chive, Allium schoenoprasum


Öle̩k

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *unnjalauk, equivalent to the pleonastic compound Ön (“onion”) + Lue̩k (“onion”) (or any of its other unshifted variants).


Toum

Töum (plural)
Töumke (diminutive)
toum (alternative)
Tǫum (alternative)
Taum (alternative)
Toom (alternative)
Tohm (alternative)
Tuem (alternative)
Tuum (alternative)
Tuhm (alternative)
Tomme (alternative)

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *taum, from Proto-Germanic *taumaz. Doublet of Team, Tiem.


Bruudmääl

From Bruud + Määl. Compare English bread meal and Dutch broodmeel.

broeëdmael (alternative)
broeëdmeël (alternative)


Ooft

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *obaet.

aoft (alternative)
oaft (alternative)
Oaft (alternative)
Oeft (alternative)
Oft (alternative)
Ööft (alternative)
Aaft (alternative)
Uuft (alternative)
Eeft (alternative)
Auft (alternative)
Efft (alternative)
Oof (alternative)
Ouf (alternative)
Ööf (alternative)
Off (alternative)

(strictly, uncountable) lower quality fruit, dried fruit