Fruits in GermanVocabulary with Audio & Pronunciation

Let's learn the names for fruits in German. If you're looking to buy some juicy fruits in Germany, this post might come in handy! Ready?

10.12.2023

Let's have a look at the different words for fruits in German. The word for "fruits" in German is "das Obst" - that's a singular, but it describes fruits in general. However, there is also the word "Frucht", with its plural "Früchte" - very similar to the English word fruit.

Common Fruits in German

Let's start off with fruits that are very common in Germany. So while bananas and kiwis do not grow here, we've decided to include them in this list of more common fruits anyways.

fruits
pear
banana
plum
cherry
lemon
lime
kiwi
tomato
grapefruit
peach
apricot

Tropical Fruits in German

If you're looking to learn German vocabulary related to tropical fruits, you'll want to know how to say words like mango, papaya, banana, pineapple, and coconut.

Here's our list (so far):

pineapple
mango
dragonfruit
orange
mandarin
avocado
fig
date
passionfruit
pomegranate
papaya
guava
lychee
watermelon
honey melon

Adjectives like saftig (juicy) and süß (sweet) are useful for describing the fruits, while verbs like schälen (to peel) and entkernen (to pit) are useful for talking about what you can do with them.

Berries in German

The good thing about berries in German is that they (almost) all end with the word for berry. So if you can remember that die Beereberry is feminine, you will instantly know that strawberries, goose berries and raspberries are feminine too!

blackberry
strawberry
raspberry
currant
seaberry
elderberry
gooseberry
cranberry

Some useful German verbs associated with fruits and preparing or eating fruits are essen (“to eat”), entkernen (“to pit”), schälen (“to peel”), (aus)pressen (“to press”/squeeze”), and schneiden (“to cut”).

to peel sth.
to remove the seeds
to squeeze sth.
to cut sth. into slices
to enjoy sth.
to suck sth. out

These verbs are essential for talking about how to prepare, cook and serve fruits in German, and will help you to make more complex and interesting sentences about this topic.

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