Altar
German, noun/alˈtaː(ɐ̯)/
Altar is spelled A-L-T-A-R (5 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Altar is a German masculine noun meaning “altar (table or similar structure used for religious rites)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “tischähnliche Einrichtung (zum Beispiel in einer Kirche) zur Feier eines Gottesdienstes, zur kultischen…”.
What does Altar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealtar (table or similar structure used for religious rites)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tischähnliche Einrichtung (zum Beispiel in einer Kirche) zur Feier eines Gottesdienstes, zur kultischen Verehrung oder für das Abhalten von Ritualen
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 Altar
- Altares genitive
- Altars genitive
- Altäre plural
- Altärchen diminutive neuter
- Altare dative singular
- Altären dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Altar?
- /alˈtaː(ɐ̯)/
- [alˈtaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Altar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Altar in German?
Altar appears 8.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).