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Some German speakers say "Erdapfel" which is literally "earth apple."
It's probably the Germans living near French, who've had bad influences.
The Swabian word Grombira comes from literally "ground pear"
"Grumbern" is the same in parts of Frankonia.
In Dutch, a potato is called aardappel, which literally translates to "earth apple" (aarde meaning "earth" and appel meaning "apple").
Unsurprisingly, similar for us in Afrikaans.
"Aartappel"
Isnt that most common in Austria
I'm in Bavaria, and my grandparents used to say Erdapfel, though for any generations after that I've only ever heard them say Kartoffel.
That's my understanding. Though I have only visited the Kartoffel regions myself.
I know the Germans near the Czech border are also calling it erdapfel sometimes but in southern Bavaria and Austria it's the norm from my experience.