Fruchtknoten
German, noun/ˈfrʊxtˌknoːtən/
Fruchtknoten is spelled F-R-U-C-H-T-K-N-O-T-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 76,606th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fruchtknoten is a German masculine noun meaning “ovary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unterer Teil des Stempels einer Blüte bei Bedecktsamern, der die Samenanlage(n) enthält”.
What does Fruchtknoten mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineovary
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unterer Teil des Stempels einer Blüte bei Bedecktsamern, der die Samenanlage(n) enthält
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 Fruchtknoten
- Fruchtknotens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fruchtknoten?
- /ˈfrʊxtˌknoːtən/
- [ˈfʁʊxtˌknoː.tn̩]
- [ˈfʁʊχt-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fruchtknoten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fruchtknoten in German?
Fruchtknoten appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).