frugt
Danish
Etymology
From Middle Low German vrucht, cognate with German Frucht, borrowed from Latin frūctus (“profit, product, fruit”). Derived from the verb fruor (“to use, enjoy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /froɡt/, [ˈfʁ̥ɔ̝ɡ̊d̥], [ˈfʁ̥ɔ̽kt]
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Noun
frugt c (singular definite frugten, plural indefinite frugter)
- (botany) fruit (the seed-bearing part of a plant)
- fruit (any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit)
- fruit (outcome or end result)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | frugt | frugten | frugter | frugterne |
| genitive | frugts | frugtens | frugters | frugternes |
Derived terms
- frugtavl
- frugtbod
- frugtesløs
- frugtgrød
- frugthandel
- grapefrugt
- kernefrugt
- kærlighedsfrugt
- nedfaldsfrugt
- passionsfrugt
- peberfrugt
- rodfrugt
- sharonfrugt
- stenfrugt
- sydfrugt
Descendants
- → Faroese: frukt
References
- “frugt” in Den Danske Ordbog
German
Verb
frugt
- second-person plural preterite of fragen