Zwetschge

• Quetsche (Lorraine, Alsace, Luxembourg, regional in Germany)
• Zwetsche (Northern Germany, originally predominant, but now being superseded by the southern form)
• Zwetschke (regional in Austria)

From Middle High German Tzwetzschken, from the Vulgar Latin plural form *davascena, from Latin damascēna n pl (“damascene plums”), from Ancient Greek δαμασκηνά (damaskēná, “damascene plums”) itself from Ancient Greek Δαμασκός (Damaskós, “Damascus”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtsvɛtʃ.ɡə]

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1. plum (fruit)
2. freestone damson (Prunus domestica subsp. domestica)

   Synonym: Zwetschgenbaum

• A popular plum in Central Europe, similar to, but distinct from, the clingstone damson (Prunus domestica subsp. insititia)
• In many parts of northern and central Germany no form of this word is common in everyday use as all plums are referred to with the general word Pflaume.

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• Zwetschgenbaum
• Zwetschgenkuchen

• → Czech: švestka
• → English: quetsch, quetsche, Quetsche
• → French: quetsche

• Zwetschge on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Zwetschge” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zwetschge” in Duden online