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)

  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

German

Verb

frugt

  1. second-person plural preterite of fragen
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