Knabenkraut
German, noun[ˈknaːbn̩ˌkʁaʊ̯t]
Knabenkraut is spelled K-N-A-B-E-N-K-R-A-U-T (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knabenkraut is a German neuter noun meaning “plant of the genus Dactylorhiza” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ausdauernde krautige Pflanze mit meist zwei Wurzelknollen und zygomorphen Blüten in Ähren oder Trauben…”.
What does Knabenkraut mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterplant of the genus Dactylorhiza
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ausdauernde krautige Pflanze mit meist zwei Wurzelknollen und zygomorphen Blüten in Ähren oder Trauben; einige Arten auch Zierstauden 2. mehrere Gattungen der Familie Orchideen
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 Knabenkraut
- Knabenkrautes genitive
- Knabenkrauts genitive
- Knabenkräuter plural
- Knabenkraute dative singular
- Knabenkräutern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Knabenkraut?
- [ˈknaːbn̩ˌkʁaʊ̯t]
- [ˈknaːbm̩ˌkʁaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Knabenkraut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Knabenkraut in German?
Knabenkraut appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).