Ameisenigel
German, noun/ˈaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌʔiːɡl̩/
Ameisenigel is spelled A-M-E-I-S-E-N-I-G-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written German, the 470,264th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ameisenigel is a German masculine noun meaning “echidna, spiny anteater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein eierlegendes Säugetier aus der Familie der Ursäuger”.
What does Ameisenigel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineechidna, spiny anteater
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein eierlegendes Säugetier aus der Familie der Ursäuger
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 Ameisenigel
- Ameisenigels genitive
- Ameisenigeln dative definite plural
- Ameisenigelchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ameisenigel?
- /ˈaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌʔiːɡl̩/
- [ˈaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌʔiːɡl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ameisenigel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ameisenigel in German?
Ameisenigel appears about once in every 59 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).