Quitte

See also: quitte and quitté

German

Etymology

From Middle High German quiten, from Old High German quitina, from Latin quidonia, cotoneum, from cydonia, cydonia mala, from Ancient Greek κυδώνια μῆλα (kudṓnia mêla), Κυδωνία (Kudōnía).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkvɪ.tə/
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Noun

Quitte f (genitive Quitte, plural Quitten)

quince (fruit)

Declension

Declension of Quitte [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Quitte	die	Quitten
genitive	einer	der	Quitte	der	Quitten
dative	einer	der	Quitte	den	Quitten
accusative	eine	die	Quitte	die	Quitten

Derived terms

Quittenbaum
Quittenbrot
quittengelb

Descendants

→ Upper Sorbian: kwita
→ Volapük: kvit

Further reading

“Quitte” in Duden online
“Quitte” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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