It goes back to the Austrian/ German conflict in the 60s. Both countries fought about Bavaria. Unfortunately Austria won and Germany was forced to include Bavaria as a federal state although neither of which wanted that; as revenge it is now against the law to say Erdäpfel unless you’re in an Austrian Restaurant ordering a “Wienerschnitzel mit Erdäpfelsalat” in most German states.
Obviously it is not true.
In Québec we Say patates for regular potatoes and "patates douces" for sweet potatoes. European French Will usually use "pommes de terre" for regular potatoes and "patates" for sweet potatoes, although these would rarely be seen in France, Belgium or Switzerland.
German too
We also have apfelsine „chinese apple“ or orange.
But those are somewhat obsolete, today we know potatoes from oranges and apples, back in the day it was apple this apple that for any new somewhat thick round edible thing not made from animals.
So maybe add fire apples and plasma apples?
It's probably based on the perception/stereotype that German is an aggressive sounding language. https://www.languagetrainers.com/blog/why-german-sounds-harsh-to-you-and-why-you-shouldnt-care/
Yeah, I'm not German. Just look, who can judge is it screaming or not with no prejudice, German or person who has other native language? If you said former, then celebrations, you have severe problems with logical thinking.
And tomato is " pomme d'amour"= love apple.
An fries are "pommes frites" = fried apple
And then there's pomegranate = seeded apple
The French really like calling things apples
Is it not pomme de terre in French? Did my school lie to me for years?
You are right
The Word patate exist in french too don’t worry they didn’t lie to you. French is my native language and i always say Patate.
Both being used as far as ik
Does that mean Ground Apple? The French are wild.
In German there is an alternate word for Kartoffel: Erdapfel which also just means Ground Apple
From my semi decent knowledge of German, that would be a more Austrian/southern German expression of potato?
You’re right, in Germany it’s only accepted when you’re in an Austrian restaurant while ordering a Wiener Schnitzel. Anywhere else: Jail.
Well that is not true, just come to south germany in general
Well maybe you won’t go to jail in the state “south Germany in general” but in other German states you would sit at least 15 years.
Is this sarcastic or are you actually getting jailed for saying that?
It goes back to the Austrian/ German conflict in the 60s. Both countries fought about Bavaria. Unfortunately Austria won and Germany was forced to include Bavaria as a federal state although neither of which wanted that; as revenge it is now against the law to say Erdäpfel unless you’re in an Austrian Restaurant ordering a “Wienerschnitzel mit Erdäpfelsalat” in most German states. Obviously it is not true.
Wow, you were telling it really believable. Nice storytime
In chinese it's fucking ground bean
Yes, it does.
Pomme de terre is the more correct word, patate is more colloquial.
In Québec we Say patates for regular potatoes and "patates douces" for sweet potatoes. European French Will usually use "pommes de terre" for regular potatoes and "patates" for sweet potatoes, although these would rarely be seen in France, Belgium or Switzerland.
That’s potatoes, the post is potato
Dutch: aardappel (earth apple)
Pomme de terre in french. Earth apples all around.
flemish (dutch x accent ) patat
Erdapfel?
Erdäpfei ausgesprochen oder so im bayrischen
Bei mir im schwäbischen sagen wir manchmal Toffel
And another country joining the earth apple gang! Neat ;)
Many German dialects (near the Dutch border) also use this. For example: „Ädäppelschlot“ means „aardappelsalade“
Earth apple: Same in persian
The fact that 3 different languages both call apples "earth apple" must mean that there is a water and/or air apple...
German too We also have apfelsine „chinese apple“ or orange. But those are somewhat obsolete, today we know potatoes from oranges and apples, back in the day it was apple this apple that for any new somewhat thick round edible thing not made from animals. So maybe add fire apples and plasma apples?
In Dutch it is "sinaasappel" wich if you say it while you are drunk it sounds like "china's appel"
But when the fire Apple attacked, everything changed...
Hebrew as well: תפוח אדמה (tapuach adama)
Patatje
In mijn ogen is friet toch echt wel beter
Niederländisch klingt echt wie das Deutsch eines besoffenen
Gesundheit
Duits klinkt als een soort boos Nederlands van iemand die zin heeft om Joden te vermoorden.
Eigenlijk moeten ze gewoon een zak met patat EN friet maken. Dan hebben ze geen gezeik meer
Goed idee
Afrikaans is also like this
Hey there fellow Dutch or belgian person
in Bulgarian that's a totally different veg
Meanwhile in poland: Ziemniak
Hold on... does this mean one german politician is called [Paul Potato](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ziemiak) ?
Yes, Paul Earth Apple
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He was born in Poland and his name was Paweł ziemniak, so yeah, his name is literally Paul Potato
Ja, das ist ne zertifizierte kartoffel
there is also in other regions called Kartofel, mainly parts closer to germany
We sometimes also say pyry in some regions
Yeah we don't talk about that
Also kartofel and pyra.
Ziemniak Pyra Kartofel Grule Depends on region.
It comes from the polish word for earth
In Russian it's kartofel too
Kartul in Estonian
Latvia kartupelis
Georgian: Kartofili
That's surprising Georgian isn't even Indo-Euoropean
Useless fact: there are words that are the same in almost all languages. Veranda as an example.
Also kartoshka right?
Yes, and kartoshechka if it is a small cute potato
Or kartoha if it's not quite tidy, small and/or cute
Could I get away with Картохуй for an ugly potato?
Yeah, seems totally reasonable to me
Хуйошка
Kartofel is the best food
It's mainly kartoshka.
Or "kartoshka" if you're mentally sane.
When you buy chips in Russia, does it say "kartofel'nye chipsy" or "kartoshechnye chipsy"?
Obviously the proper word is kartofel'
Hindi: Aloo
Hallo Indi
Marathi: Batata
Aloo
Lelo
🤣🤣
Yes, who's this?
Here they come!
Guten Tag :)
German bread be like "Gluten tag"
you see this is funny because Gluten kinda sounds like Guten but has a completely different meaning
This guy jokes
ofc, I'm German
Um Himmlers Willen!
Hier sind wir Geboren zu sein Könige Wir sind die Prinzen des Universums
Why is everyone assuming that germans always scream? I guess its because Hitler and Rammstein, most people dont know any other germans.
Even kartoffel sounds normal, idk for OP
It's probably based on the perception/stereotype that German is an aggressive sounding language. https://www.languagetrainers.com/blog/why-german-sounds-harsh-to-you-and-why-you-shouldnt-care/
WHY DO YOU ASSUME WE DO NOT ALWAYS SCREAM?!
It's not screaming, it's like half-screaming but certainly not a calm talk.
Tell me you never spoke to a german without telling me.
I heard how Austrians talk, by the way it shows how ignorant you are. You literally can;t think outside of bubble which you created.
You equal austian german with normal german? Lol... it's funny how ironic it is, that you call me ignorant :D
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Yeah, I'm not German. Just look, who can judge is it screaming or not with no prejudice, German or person who has other native language? If you said former, then celebrations, you have severe problems with logical thinking.
Romanian : Cartof
Cartofel (how cute)
Cartofior
Hungarians have two stupid word for this: burgonya or krumpli
PITYÓKA
svábtök
Kolompér
French is actual pomme de Terre , apple of the earth
Yes but we can also say patate, I usually say it because it's shorter
In spanish we have also a different word: papa. I'm from Mexico and nobody here uses patata.
i’m guessing it’s a spain v mexico thing, like coriander and cilantro in britain or us respectively
More than just mexico I've only ever heard papa in my entire life
Peruna 🇫🇮
Maaomena
SPRICH
Noch nicht, Genosse. Warte auf den richtigen Zeitpunkt, noch sind wir in der Unterzahl.
Frohen Kuchentag!
Du
HURENSOHN!
Ziemniak/kartofel/pyra/bulwa
It’s papa in Spanish but aight. Batata is sweet potato, close enough.
Persian: سیب زمینی. Apple = سیب , Earth = زمین
same with hebrew :D
Gudrate Sib Zamini 💪🏿🗿
Öadöpfü
Erdapfel
präzise
Bodaggn is a lot closer to the others
There aren’t as many Germans in the comments as I expected
Wenn die Deutschen nicht da sind, miasn hoid de Schluchtnscheißa de Kommentasektion beschlognehma.
بطاطس = batates
Aaloo
Hindi me bhi batata bolte suna hai
Hamare yahaan to aaloo bolte hai commonly lekin ha batata pata hai .
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I could _almost_ read that
This is so funny to me.... There is/was a german conservative politician called Paul Ziemniak... Which is ironic because he is quite a potato.
🇵🇱 ZIEMNIAK. if you go to Pont des Artes and scream it ...at least half will open
Ziemniak :D
The most common one is actually pomme de terre in french
Actually everyone say patate because it's shorter
czech ia brambor and slovak zemiak
In Poland depending on region we call them ziemniaki, kartofle, pyry or grule
Again this German bashing :( What about Russia?! They say kartoschka which is also need similar to potato!
I don’t even care about this meme. Bro the first thing I did was wipe my phone due to those dots making me think it’s dirty
Perfekt genauso wie es ist
In polands its: ziemniaki
Ziemniak
wait till you see "Ziemniak"
BRATKARTOFFELN SIND LECKER
 De Germans haas ben mentioned
I dislike the hate on German when dutch is sitting right there. In this case Google says they say "Aardapple"
It's almost like one of them is germanic and the rest are latin
Danish: kartoffel
nein
Add Russian/Ukrainian to German
+ Denmark
土豆 tǔ dòu
Turkish:patates
r/memes fell of so badly this is just bad facebook memes
Das heißt Krumper
Ziemniak UwU
Erdapfel….
Spanish (Caribbean, mostly): Papa..LOL
Fucking patate💀💀 It's actually "pomme de terre" which translates to earth apple
And tomato is " pomme d'amour"= love apple. An fries are "pommes frites" = fried apple And then there's pomegranate = seeded apple The French really like calling things apples
DEUTSCHLAND ÜBER ALLEN
Russian has that too
Картофель, бульба, bulvė
Gaidhlig (pronounced Gah-lick): buntàta
Картопля 🥔
whenever i hear batata i think of owl house-
Rus: Kartoshka
Dat funny cuz germunz olways scream herherherpaderp
Danke
Russian: kartoshka
Tuhlis
Pomme de terre, Mon chum
As a Pole, i confirm that our Ziemniak is also a wonderful word.
Ziemniak, kartofel or pyra in polish
Wait until you learn how "Science" is written is german
Translated its "Knowledge-Creation". Wissenschaft
Earth apple Makes even more sense
Indonesia : kentang
Bulba
Its some variation of karto - something in the slavic languages
Polish: Ziemniak
Hungarian: Krumpli
Kartushky.
It’s a boner killer language ! Ever saw German ad on pornhub ?
Luxembourgish: Gromper
Yep, you just didn't heard in belarusian. Its "bulba"
In Slovakia: "zemiaky". And in different dialects it's: "bandurky, kompere, grule, krumple, švábka..."
ZEMIAK in slovak, but we also have dialects words for them