Eisenkraut
German, noun/ˈaɪ̯zənˌkraʊ̯t/
Eisenkraut is spelled E-I-S-E-N-K-R-A-U-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eisenkraut is a German neuter noun meaning “Verbena (a genus of herbaceous plants)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter der Pflanzengattung Verbenen aus der Familie der Verbenaceen (Eisenkrautgewächse)”.
What does Eisenkraut mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterVerbena (a genus of herbaceous plants)
- 2
neutercommon vervain (Verbena officinalis)
- 3
neuterlemon verbena (Aloysia citrodora)
- 4
neuterA plant of any of the above taxa
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter der Pflanzengattung Verbenen aus der Familie der Verbenaceen (Eisenkrautgewächse) 2. speziell das Echte Eisenkraut (Verbena officinalis) 3. speziell eine buschartige Pflanze mit lanzettförmigen Blättern, die in Dreiergruppen zusammenstehen und aus denen ein nach Zitronen schmeckender (Magen-)Tee gekocht wird
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 Eisenkraut
- Eisenkrautes genitive
- Eisenkrauts genitive
- Eisenkräuter plural
- Eisenkraute dative singular
- Eisenkräutern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Eisenkraut?
- /ˈaɪ̯zənˌkraʊ̯t/
- /ˈaɪ̯sənˌkraʊ̯t/
- [ˈaɪ̯zn̩ˌkʁaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Eisenkraut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Eisenkraut in German?
Eisenkraut appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).