Scharbockskraut
German, noun/ˈʃaːrbɔksˌkraʊ̯t/
Scharbockskraut is spelled S-C-H-A-R-B-O-C-K-S-K-R-A-U-T (15 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scharbockskraut is a German neuter noun meaning “lesser celandine (a European perennial herb, Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Früh blühende, niedrig wachsende Pflanze aus der Gattung Ranunculus”.
What does Scharbockskraut mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlesser celandine (a European perennial herb, Ficaria verna, formerly Ranunculus ficaria)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Früh blühende, niedrig wachsende Pflanze aus der Gattung Ranunculus
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 Scharbockskraut
- Scharbockskrautes genitive
- Scharbockskrauts genitive
- Scharbockskräuter plural
- Scharbockskraute dative singular
- Scharbockskräutern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scharbockskraut?
- /ˈʃaːrbɔksˌkraʊ̯t/
- [ˈʃaː(ɐ̯).bɔksˌkʁaʊ̯t]
- [ʃaːʁ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Scharbockskraut in German?
Scharbockskraut appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).