Banaan

See also: banaan

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• banaan (Veldeke spelling)
• Be̩naan (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, reduced form)
  • benaan (Veldeke spelling)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈnaːn/
• Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Banaan f (plural Banaane) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, also in the Eupen spelling)

1. banana (fruit)

Usage notes

• Banaane̩ is the spelling of the plural for the Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, while Banaane is the spelling of the plural for the Eupen dialect.