Ananas

From Old Tupi nanas (“excellent fruit”).

Ananas m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – pineapple and similar plants.

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Bromeliaceae - family; Bromelioideae - subfamily

• (genus): Ananas ananassoides, Ananas bracteatus, Ananas comosus, Ananas fritzmuelleri, Ananas lucidus, Ananas microcephalus, Ananas nanus, Ananas parguazensis - species

• Ananassa
• Pseudananas
• Bromelia ananas

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16th century, from Middle French ananas and/or Dutch ananas, themselves from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na.nas/

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• Hyphenation: A‧na‧nas

Ananas f (genitive Ananas, plural Ananas or Ananasse)

1. pineapple
   • 1839, Jakob Ernst von Reider, Die treue Kundgebung des Geheimnisses, Augsburg, page 16:

     Die Arten der Ananas. Die Pflanze. Man kennt über 15 Arten Ananas.

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2. (Austria) strawberry

• Ananasfrucht
• Ananasgewächs
• Ananaspflanze
• Ananassaft
• Ananasschneider

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• “Ananas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Ananas” in Duden online
• Ananas on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• IPA^(key): /ˈananas/, [ˈɑnɑnɑs]

Ananas m or f (plural Ananassen or Ananas)

1. pineapple