Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group (Common names)

Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group

Brassica oleracea Groupe Gemmifera

Common names: Brassica oleracea Acephala Group

Names in common use

• English: Brussels sprouts
• German: Rosenkohl; Brüsseler Kohl, Sprossenkohl
• Dutch: spruitkool, spruit
• Swedish: brysselkål, rosenkål
• Danish: rosenkål
• Norwegian: rosenkål
• Icelandic: rósakál
  

• French: chou de Bruxelles
• Italian: cavolo di Bruxelles / cavoletti di Bruxelles, cavolini di Bruxelles
• Spanish: col de Bruselas / colecitas de Bruselas
• Catalan: col de Brusseŀles
• Portuguese: couve de Bruxelas
• Romanian: varză creaţă, varză nemţească
  

• Russian: капуста савойская - kapusta savojskaja
• Polish: kapusta włoska
• Czech: kapusta hlávková
• Slovak: kel hlávkový
• Bulgarian: къдраво зеле, савойско зеле, кел, пейч
• Croatian: kelj
• Serb: кељ
• Slovenian: ohrovt
  

• Albanian: lakër përdredhëse, kel, lakër e Savojës
• Greek: κατσαρὸ λάχανο, λάχανο του Μιλάνου, λάχανο της Σαβοΐας, γερμανικὸ λάχανο - katsaro lakhano, lakhano tou Milanou, lakhano tis Savojas, germaniko lakhano,
• Turkish: kıvırcık lâhana, kıvırcık baş lâhana
• Hungarian: kelkáposzta
• Finnish: ruusukaali, brüsselikaali
  

Sources and commentaries

The plant bears normally a singular name, whereas the product bears a plural name, as consumers usually eat more than one sprout. This is true for French, Italian, Dutch and also German.

• English
  • also simply named sprouts. Moreover, the loose heads of Brussels sprouts (which are elsewhere discarded) are sold and used in the United Kingdom as sprout tops. MC
• Dutch
  • In Dutch, the plural spruiten or spruitjes designate the product.
• French
• German
  • In Austria, the plant is Sprossenkohl ("sprouting cabbage"), whereas the product is Kohlsprossen ("cabbage sprouts"). MC