No. 10,178 in German
pflaume
Plum.
In a sentence
Ich esse gerne frische Pflaumen.
I like eating fresh plums.
Here 'pflaume' refers to the fruit, commonly eaten fresh or used in cooking.
Die Pflaume am Baum ist noch nicht reif.
The plum on the tree is not ripe yet.
In this sentence, 'pflaume' specifies a single plum and relates to the idea of maturity or ripeness.
Manchmal wird 'Pflaume' als umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck für eine ungeschickte Person verwendet.
Sometimes 'Pflaume' is used colloquially to describe a clumsy person.
Here 'pflaume' is used metaphorically in a colloquial expression, referring to a person exhibiting clumsiness or ineffectiveness.
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