Frucht

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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German fruht, vruht, from Old High German fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht (“fruit”). Cognate with German Frucht, Hunsrik Frucht.

Pronunciation

Noun

Frucht f (plural Frücht)

  1. (central and northeastern Switzerland) grain, cereal

German

Etymology

From Middle High German fruht, vruht, from Old High German fruht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht (“fruit”). Cognate with Alemannic German Frucht, Hunsrik Frucht.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /frʊxt/, ,
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  • Rhymes: -ʊχt

Noun

Frucht f (genitive Frucht, plural Früchte, diminutive Früchtchen n)

  1. (countable) fruit (seed-bearing part of a plant)
    Viele Früchte sind rot. ― A lot of fruits are red.
  2. (uncountable) harvest, crop, produce, particularly of cereal
    Im August wird die Frucht des Feldes eingefahren.
    In August, the harvest of the fields is brought in.
  3. (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

Declension of Frucht
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

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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 (“fruit”). Cognate with Alemannic German Frucht, German Frucht.

Pronunciation

Noun

Frucht f (plural Fricht, diminutive Frichtche)

  1. fruit

Hyponyms

Further reading

Plautdietsch

Noun

Frucht f (plural Fruchte)

  1. 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.

Derived terms

Saterland Frisian

n Frucht (1).

Etymology

From Old Frisian frucht, from Proto-West Germanic *fruht. Cognate with West Frisian frucht.

Pronunciation

Noun

Frucht f (plural Fruchte)

  1. fruit
  2. crop
  3. grain

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Frucht”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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