Kartoffel

A potato: the edible starchy tuber of a cultivated plant, commonly cooked and eaten as a vegetable.

Etymology

From older German Tartuffel, ultimately from Italian tartufolo, a diminutive of tartufo ‘truffle’, because the tubers were compared with truffles.

Collocations

The potato plant, a cultivated plant whose underground tubers are eaten as food.

Etymology

From older German Tartuffel, ultimately from Italian tartufolo, a diminutive of tartufo ‘truffle’.

Collocations

A German person; used as a colloquial, often derogatory or mocking term, especially in contrast to people with a migration background.

Etymology

A figurative use based on the cultural association of potatoes with German food and everyday life.

Collocations