German

Alternative forms

• Erdnuß (Germany pre-1996)

Noun

Erdnuss f ‎(genitive Erdnuss, plural Erdnüsse)

1. peanut, goober

Usage notes

The spelling Erdnuss has been the prescribed spelling 1996 since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ß was deprecated in the 1930s.

Declension