Rosinenpickerei
German, noun[ʁoˈziːnənpɪkəˌʁaɪ̯]
Rosinenpickerei is spelled R-O-S-I-N-E-N-P-I-C-K-E-R-E-I (15 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rosinenpickerei is a German feminine noun meaning “cherry picking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “selbstsüchtiges Bemühen um die Sicherung nur der attraktivsten Teile von etwas Bestimmtem, sodass die eher…”.
What does Rosinenpickerei mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininecherry picking
Rosinenpickerei betreiben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. selbstsüchtiges Bemühen um die Sicherung nur der attraktivsten Teile von etwas Bestimmtem, sodass die eher unattraktiven Teile anderen überlassen werden
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 Rosinenpickerei
- Rosinenpickereien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Rosinenpickerei?
- [ʁoˈziːnənpɪkəˌʁaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Rosinenpickerei in German?
Rosinenpickerei appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).