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]

• Audio:

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Noun

frugt c (singular definite frugten, plural indefinite frugter)

1. (botany) fruit (the seed-bearing part of a plant)
2. fruit (any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit)
3. fruit (outcome or end result)

Declension

Declension of frugt

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

1. second-person plural preterite of fragen