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Frucht

fruit

noun FRUKHT Less Common
Food & Drink Fruits

Origin: from Latin fructus

Usage Note

Frucht is the botanical or singular 'fruit'; for fruit as food collectively Germans usually say Obst. Note the umlauting plural Früchte, and the figurative idiom die Früchte seiner Arbeit ernten ('to reap the fruits of one's labour').

Examples

"Diese Frucht schmeckt sehr süß."

Natural Translation

This fruit tastes very sweet.

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