{"id":11282,"date":"2019-12-05T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=11282"},"modified":"2019-12-04T14:00:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T14:00:11","slug":"the-curiosity-of-the-german-word-orange-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/the-curiosity-of-the-german-word-orange-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Curiosity of the German Word “Orange” – Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I talked about the curiosity of the German word “Orange”, since the pronunciation of the word differs when you refer to the color or the fruit. See the post<\/a> for that. But there is something else curious about this word, or well, a related one (thanks Allan for the comment!). This little addendum looks at that. Let’s dive in.<\/p>\n

Click here for previous entries in the series on curious words in German<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Apfelsine<\/em> or Orange<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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What’s the difference between Apfelsine<\/em> and Orange<\/em>? (Image by author, based on Image by Mae Mu at Unsplash.com)<\/p><\/div>\n

There is a second word that refers to\u00a0Orange<\/em> – the fruit in this case. And that is\u00a0Apfelsine<\/em>. Wait, what? Listen to the difference:<\/p>\n

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