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Sure. Do you know Paradeiser? Also, I'm not sure the same products appear as Orange and Apfelsine in the same supermarkets in South resp. North Germany, but both do appear on labels.

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by DoDo on Tue Jun 30th, 2009 at 06:11:48 PM EST
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DoDo:
Do you know Paradeiser?

I thought that is a word mainly used in Austria, though the tomato at times is also called Paradiesapfel, I haven't heard the word in a long time.

by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 01:28:11 AM EST
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Now that you say it Fran, oherwise being from the North of Germany (languagewise - I rather stumble on sharp stones)
by PeWi on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 02:16:26 AM EST
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AFAIK it is used only in (South)eastern Austria, thus there is variation within the country (of Austria). I couldn't find an article on its exact origins, only vague suggestions that Paradiesapfel (for our non-German-speakers: 'paradise apple'; an alternative name used for tomato) was in geographically much wider use.

The word in standard Hungarian (paradicsom) and Slovenian (paradižnik) are the equivalents of Paradeiser (e.g. shortened versions of 'paradise apple'). So it seems to be a cultural tradition that is both multilingual, and only regional within the state it emerged in (the Habsburg Empire).

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by DoDo on Wed Jul 1st, 2009 at 06:19:06 AM EST
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