Alraune
German, noun[alˈʁaʊ̯nə]
Alraune is spelled A-L-R-A-U-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alraune is a German feminine noun meaning “mandrake (botany)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “giftige Pflanze mit menschenähnlicher Wurzel: Gemeine Alraune”.
What does Alraune mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemandrake (botany)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. giftige Pflanze mit menschenähnlicher Wurzel: Gemeine Alraune 2. Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Nachtschattengewächse: Alraunen 3. Wesen mit Zauberkraft
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Alraune
- Alraunen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Alraune?
- [alˈʁaʊ̯nə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Alraune
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Alraune in German?
Alraune appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).