Heidekraut
German, noun[ˈhaɪ̯dəˌkʁaʊ̯t]
Heidekraut is spelled H-E-I-D-E-K-R-A-U-T (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 90,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Heidekraut is a German neuter noun meaning “heaths and heathers (any plant of the genus Erica)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf sandigen oder moorigen Böden gedeihende Pflanze, die in Zwergsträuchern wächst und nadelartige…”.
What does Heidekraut mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterheaths and heathers (any plant of the genus Erica)
- 2
neutercommon heather (any plant of the species Calluna vulgaris)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. auf sandigen oder moorigen Böden gedeihende Pflanze, die in Zwergsträuchern wächst und nadelartige, immergrüne Blättchen sowie besonders kleine, zumeist rot-lila Blüten aufweist (Art der Gattung Erica) 2. einzige Art der Gattung Calluna nämlich Calluna vulgaris (deutsch auch: Besenheide)
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 Heidekraut
- Heidekrautes genitive
- Heidekrauts genitive
- Heidekräuter plural
- Heidekraute dative singular
- Heidekräutern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Heidekraut?
- [ˈhaɪ̯dəˌkʁaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Heidekraut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Heidekraut in German?
Heidekraut appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).