Kartoffel

From older Tartuffel or Tartüffel (18th c.), from Italian tartufolo, diminutive of tartufo (“truffle”), from Medieval Latin *territūberum or Latin terrae tūber (“tuber of the earth”).

The use as an ethnic nickname is due to the prominence of potatoes in German cuisine. Compare Spaghetti (“Italian”), Käskopp (“Dutch person”).

• IPA^(key): /kaʁˈtɔfəl/, [kaʁˈtɔfl̩], [kaɐ̯-], [-fəl] (standard)
• IPA^(key): /kɐˈtɔfəl/ (common)

• Audio (Austria); “die Kartoffel”:

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Kartoffel f (genitive Kartoffel, plural Kartoffeln, diminutive Kartöffelchen n)

1. potato

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Kartoffel

   Hyponyms: Frühkartoffel, Futterkartoffel, Pellkartoffel, Saatkartoffel, Salzkartoffel, Winterkartoffel, Süßkartoffel

2. (sometimes derogatory) a German; particularly an ethnic German from the perspective of allochthonous populations in Germany

   Synonyms: Kartoffeldeutscher, Herkunftsdeutscher

   Coordinate term: Alman

   • 2021 September 17, Mohamed Amjahid, “Verzicht auf Alkohol und Drogen: Am O-Saft nippen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Ich kenne Kartoffeln, die so wie ich, freiwillig und ohne „triftigen Grund“ auf Schnaps und anderen Alkohol verzichten.

     I know Germans [lit. potatoes] who, like me, forgo schnapps and other alcoholic beverages voluntarily and without a "compelling reason" for doing so.

• “Kartoffel” in Duden online
• “Kartoffel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kartoffel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
• Kartoffel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Borrowed from Italian tartufolo.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /kʰaˈtofəl/
• Rhymes: -ofəl
• Syllabification: Kar‧tof‧fel

Kartoffel f (plural Kartoffle, diminutive Kartoffelche)

1. potato

   Synonym: Grummbeer

   Host-du die Kartoffle schun gekochd? ― Have you already cooked the potatoes?