noun
apricot
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Aprikose (feminine noun) means 'apricot' (fruit). German plural Aprikosen. Gender: die. Declension: die Aprikose (sing), die Aprikosen (pl). Used in cooking, baking, preserves and fresh fruit contexts. Spanish variants: albaricoque or damasco. No irregular plural or special grammar beyond feminine gender. Commonly found fresh, dried, canned or as jam locally.
Examples
Im Sommer esse ich gern frische Aprikosen.
In summer I like to eat fresh apricots.
Die Bäckerin buk einen Kuchen mit Aprikosen, weil die Früchte frisch geliefert worden waren.
The baker baked a cake with apricots because the fruits had been delivered fresh.
Ich kaufe gerne Aprikosen.
I like to buy apricots.
Details
Mnemonics
Imagine a small orange fruit with a fuzzy skin and a label 'APRIKOSE' on a fruit stall.
sounds like 'a prickose' — picture a small prickly fruit (though apricots aren't prickly) to remember 'aprikose'
die Aprikose — think 'die' and 'delicious' both start with strong 'd'/'de' sound to remember feminine
Notes
Plural is regular with -n in German (Aprikosen). Common in markets and recipes in summer.