Albedo
German, noun[alˈbeːdo]
Albedo is spelled A-L-B-E-D-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 118,498th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Albedo is a German feminine noun meaning “albedo (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rückstrahlungsvermögen eines nicht strahlenden Körpers (auch Himmelskörpers), einer Fläche”.
What does Albedo mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealbedo (fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rückstrahlungsvermögen eines nicht strahlenden Körpers (auch Himmelskörpers), einer Fläche
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 Albedo
- Albedos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Albedo?
- [alˈbeːdo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Albedo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Albedo in German?
Albedo 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).