cherry
Kirsche is the German word for cherry. It is a feminine noun and is used to refer to the fruit of the cherry tree. It can also be used in compound words such as Kirschkuchen (cherry cake) or Kirschlikör (cherry liqueur).
I ate a cherry.
This phrase represents a past action. Here, 'gegessen' is the past participle of the verb 'essen' (to eat), and 'Kirsche' is the German word for 'cherry'.
The cherry is on the tree.
This phrase describes the location of a cherry. 'Baum' is the German word for 'tree', and 'auf' is a preposition that indicates location, in this case specifying that the cherry is on the tree.
The cherry is red.
This phrase describes the color of a cherry. In German, the adjective (in this case 'rot', the color red), comes after the noun it describes.