Scheinfrucht
German, noun[ˈʃaɪ̯nˌfʁʊxt]
Scheinfrucht is spelled S-C-H-E-I-N-F-R-U-C-H-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written German, the 557,474th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scheinfrucht is a German feminine noun meaning “accessory fruit (a fruit which includes tissue not derived from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue, as for instance, a strawberry)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zusammenballung vieler Fruchtkörper, die den optischen Eindruck macht, eine einzige Frucht zu sein (zum…”.
What does Scheinfrucht mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaccessory fruit (a fruit which includes tissue not derived from the ovary but from some adjacent tissue, as for instance, a strawberry)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zusammenballung vieler Fruchtkörper, die den optischen Eindruck macht, eine einzige Frucht zu sein (zum Beispiel bei der Erdbeere) oder ein Fruchtkörper, der aus mehr als dem reinen befruchteten Fruchtknoten besteht (zum Beispiel beim Apfel)
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 Scheinfrucht
- Scheinfrüchte plural
- Scheinfrüchtchen diminutive neuter
- Scheinfrüchten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scheinfrucht?
- [ˈʃaɪ̯nˌfʁʊxt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Scheinfrucht in German?
Scheinfrucht appears about once in every 79 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).