Aderlass
German, noun/ˈaːdɐlas/
Aderlass is spelled A-D-E-R-L-A-S-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 51,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aderlass is a German masculine noun meaning “bloodletting (archaic treatment by removing blood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Absaugenlassen von Blut durch Blutegel, früher auch Ablaufenlassen von Blut”.
What does Aderlass mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebloodletting (archaic treatment by removing blood)
- 2
masculinebloodletting, drain (diminishment of a resource)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Absaugenlassen von Blut durch Blutegel, früher auch Ablaufenlassen von Blut 2. bedeutender Substanzverlust
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 Aderlass
- Aderlasses genitive
- Aderlasse plural
- Aderlassen dative definite plural
- Aderlaß alternative obsolete
- Aderlässe nominative plural
- Aderlässen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aderlass?
- /ˈaːdɐlas/
- [ˈaːdɐlas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aderlass
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aderlass in German?
Aderlass appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).