Aasgeier
German, noun[ˈaːsˌɡaɪ̯ɐ]
Aasgeier is spelled A-A-S-G-E-I-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aasgeier is a German masculine noun meaning “vulture (especially the Egyptian vulture or the griffon vulture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großer Raubvogel, der sich hauptsächlich von Aas ernährt (zum Beispiel Schmutzgeier oder Gänsegeier)”.
What does Aasgeier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevulture (especially the Egyptian vulture or the griffon vulture)
- 2
masculinevulture in the figurative sense, one who profits off of the suffering of others
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großer Raubvogel, der sich hauptsächlich von Aas ernährt (zum Beispiel Schmutzgeier oder Gänsegeier) 2. raffgieriger Mensch
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Aasgeier
- Aasgeiers genitive
- Aasgeiern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aasgeier?
- [ˈaːsˌɡaɪ̯ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aasgeier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aasgeier in German?
Aasgeier appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).