Prunus cerasus (Common names)

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Names in common use

• English: sour cherry; morello cherry¹; Kentish cherry (United-Kingdom), amarelle cherry² (United States); Marasca cherry³
• German: Sauerkirsche, Weichselkirsche; Morelle¹ ; Glaskirsche, Amarelle²; Maraska-Kirsche³
• Dutch: zure kers, waal ; kriek, morel¹
• Swedish: surkörsbär
• Danish: surkirsebær, skyggemorel
• Norwegian: surkirsebær, kirsebær; egentlig morell¹; glasskirsebær²
• Icelandic:
  

• French: cerisier acide, cerisier aigre / cerise acide, cerise aigre; griottier / griotte, guin (South-West France)¹
• Italian: ciliegio acido / ciliegia acida; visciola, agriotta¹; amarena, amarella²; marasca³
• Spanish: guindo / guinda
• Catalan: guinder / guinda
• Portuguese: gingeira / ginja, cereja ácida; amarena²
• Romanian: vişin / vişină
  

• Russian: вишня
• Polish: wiśnia; wiśnia czarna¹; szkliwka, szklanka²
• Czech: višeň / višně; kyselka; amarelka
• Slovak: čerešňa višňová
• Bulgarian: вишна, вишня - višna, višnja
• Croatian: višnja; maraska, maraška³
• Serb: вишња
• Slovenian:
• Macedonian: вишна - višna
  

• Latvian:
• Lithuanian: vyšnia
• Albanian: vishnje (vishnja with the article)
• Greek: βυσσινιά / βύσσινο - vissinia / vissino
• Turkish: vişne
• Maltese:
• Hungarian: meggy
• Finnish: hapankirsikka
• Estonian:
  

Sources and commentaries

1) Designates Griotte Group, with red juice.

2) Designates Amarella Group, with colourless juice.

3) Designates Marasca Group, with a dark red bitter small fruit, used for jams and alcohols.

• Dutch: kriek is the wild cherry in northern Netherland, and the sour cherry in southern Netherland and Belgium.
• Czech: Dlouhá Jana et al., 1995. Ovoce. Praha, Aventinum. 224 p.