Frucht
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German fruht, vruht, from Old High German fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin fructus. Cognate with German Frucht.
Pronunciation
- (Zurich) IPA(key): /fruxt/
Noun
Frucht f (plural Frücht)
- (central and northeastern Switzerland) grain, cereal
German
Etymology
From Middle High German fruht, vruht, from Old High German fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin fructus. Cognate to Dutch vrucht, Low German Frucht, eventually also Dutch fruit (doublet), English fruit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frʊxt/, [fʁʊxt], [fʁʊχt]
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʊχt
Noun
Frucht f (genitive Frucht, plural Früchte, diminutive Früchtchen n)
- (countable) fruit (seed-bearing part of a plant)
- Viele Früchte sind rot. ― A lot of fruits are red.
- (uncountable) harvest, crop, produce, particularly of cereal
- Im September wird die Frucht des Feldes eingefahren.
- In September, the harvest of the fields is brought in.
- (countable, figurative) result, effect, fruit
- die Frucht unserer Bemühungen ― the fruit of our efforts
Usage notes
- As with English fruit, there is a tendency to use Frucht particularly for sweet or juicy kinds. This tendency is less pronounced, however, since the common word for such fruits is Obst.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Frucht | die | Früchte |
| genitive | einer | der | Frucht | der | Früchte |
| dative | einer | der | Frucht | den | Früchten |
| accusative | eine | die | Frucht | die | Früchte |
Hyponyms
- (fruit): Obst; Gemüse; Nuss
Derived terms
- Ackerfrucht
- Apfelfrucht
- Dörrfrucht
- Drachenfrucht
- Eierfrucht
- Feldfrucht
- fruchtbar
- Fruchtblase
- Früchtebrot
- fruchten
- Früchtequark
- Früchtetee
- Fruchtfleisch
- Fruchtfliege
- Fruchtfolge
- Frucht/Früchte tragen
- Fruchtgehäuse
- Fruchtgeschmack
- Fruchtgummi
- Fruchtjoghurt
- Fruchtknoten
- Fruchtkörper
- fruchtlos
- Fruchtquark
- Fruchtsaft
- Fruchtsalat
- Fruchtsäure
- fruchtschädigend
- Fruchtschaumwein
- Fruchtsorte
- Fruchtwasser
- Fruchtwechsel
- Fruchtwein
- Hackfrucht
- Halmfrucht
- Hülsenfrucht
- Kapellfrucht
- Kirchenfrucht
- Leibesfrucht
- Meeresfrüchte
- Mirakelfrucht
- Passionsfrucht
- Schalenfrucht
- Schotenfrucht
- Steinfrucht
- Südfrucht
- Süßfrucht
- Zwischenfrucht
Related terms
- fruchtbar
Further reading
- “Frucht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Frucht” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Frucht” in Duden online
- “Frucht” in OpenThesaurus.de
Frucht on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German fruht, vruht, from Old High German fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht, from Latin fructus. Cognate to German Frucht, Dutch vrucht, Low German Frucht, eventually also Dutch fruit (doublet), English fruit.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fruxt/
Noun
Frucht f (plural Fricht, diminutive Frichtche)
- fruit
Hyponyms
- (fruit): Oobst; Baamnuss; Nuss
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Plautdietsch
Noun
Frucht f (plural Fruchte)
- fruit
- 2003, De Bibel, Matäus (Matthew) 7:17:
- Jrod soo drajcht een gooda Boom goode Frucht un een schlajchta Boom schlajchte Frucht.
- Likewise, a good tree bears good fruit, and a bad tree bears bad fruit.
- 2003, De Bibel, Matäus (Matthew) 7:17:
Derived terms
- fruchtboa
- fruchtloos
- Fruchtknoppe
- Fruchtküak
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian frucht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht. Cognates include West Frisian frucht and German Frucht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /frʊxt/
- Hyphenation: Frucht
- Rhymes: -ʊxt
Noun
Frucht f (plural Fruchte)
- fruit
- crop
- grain
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “Frucht”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN