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minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·9か月前Okay, but what happened in languages where lemons are called “citron”?
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·9か月前The answer seems to be that they mainly call a citron “cedrat”.
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9か月前I looked it up and German has several translations, among them Zedrate, as you suggested, but also Judenapfel (Jew apple) for no obvious reason (according to dict.cc)
minus-squareryedaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9か月前Luckily that isn’t the name of the Wikipedia entry
minus-squareKSP Atlas@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9か月前In Polish, the word for lemon is cytryna, but the word for citron is cytron
Okay, but what happened in languages where lemons are called “citron”?
The answer seems to be that they mainly call a citron “cedrat”.
I looked it up and German has several translations, among them Zedrate, as you suggested, but also Judenapfel (Jew apple) for no obvious reason (according to dict.cc)
Luckily that isn’t the name of the Wikipedia entry
In Polish, the word for lemon is cytryna, but the word for citron is cytron