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[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

The answer seems to be that they mainly call a citron "cedrat".

[-] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago

I looked it up and German has several translations, among them Zedrate, as you suggested, but also Judenapfel (Jew apple) for no obvious reason (according to dict.cc)

[-] ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 days ago

Luckily that isn't the name of the Wikipedia entry

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