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feminine

ˈpflantsə

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Translation

the plant

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Word origin

From Latin planta ('sprout, shoot'), borrowed into Old High German as pflanza.

Origin: Latin
Root: planta
English cognates: plant

Grammar

Genderfeminine

PluralPflanzen

Examples

My mother likes buying new plants for the garden.

This plant needs a lot of water and light.

Balkon.

We have lots of plants on the balcony.

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