# die Schlangengurke

die Schlangengurke is a German noun meaning “snake cucumber”. Forms: der Schlangengurke, die Schlangengurken.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Schlangengurke
- Plural: die Schlangengurken

## Meanings

1. a long variety of the common cucumber, Cucumis sativus
   - Prächtig ragen die Schlangengurken aus dem grünen Blattwerk hervor. Nur wenige Zentimeter entfernt hängen einige reife Vespergurken von der Decke. — Splendidly cucumbers stick out the foliage. Only a few centimeters apart there hang some ripe gherkins from the ceiling.
2. snake cucumber, Cucumis melo var. flexuosus
3. snake gourd, Trichosanthes cucumerina

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