potet

pōtet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of pōtō

Inherited from Danish potet, from English potato, from Spanish patata, from Taíno batata. In Denmark it was displaced by German kartoffel, which never established itself in Norway. Both words stem from the 18th century when the potato first became common in Scandinavia.

potet m (definite singular poteten, indefinite plural poteter, definite plural potetene)

1. a potato (plant and vegetable)

   bakt potet ― baked potato

   en varm potet ― an awkward matter (literally, “a hot potato”)

2. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) whitey (derogatory term used to refer to ethnic Norwegians, mostly by allochthone populations)

• “potet” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English potato, from Spanish patata, itself borrowed from Taíno batata.

• IPA^(key): /pʊˈteːt/

potet f or m (definite singular poteta or poteten, indefinite plural poteter or potetar, definite plural potetene or potetane)

1. a potato (plant and vegetable)

   ei varm potet - a hot potato (an awkward matter)

• jordeple

• “potet” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.