Amalgam
German, noun[amalˈɡaːm]
Amalgam is spelled A-M-A-L-G-A-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 69,095th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amalgam is a German neuter noun meaning “amalgam (alloy containing mercury)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Legierung auf Quecksilber-Basis”.
What does Amalgam mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteramalgam (alloy containing mercury)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Legierung auf Quecksilber-Basis 2. Vereinigung oder Verbindung mehrerer (kultureller, politischer, abstrakter, Kunst-)Elemente; Mischung; Gemisch
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 Amalgam
- Amalgams genitive
- Amalgame plural
- Amalgamen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Amalgam?
- [amalˈɡaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Amalgam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Amalgam in German?
Amalgam appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).