Ameisenstaat
German, noun[ˈaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌʃtaːt]
Ameisenstaat is spelled A-M-E-I-S-E-N-S-T-A-A-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written German, the 417,697th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ameisenstaat is a German masculine noun meaning “ant colony (a colony of insects in the family Formicidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Insektenstaat von Ameisen, in dem jede Ameise ihre bestimmte Aufgabe hat”.
What does Ameisenstaat mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineant colony (a colony of insects in the family Formicidae)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Insektenstaat von Ameisen, in dem jede Ameise ihre bestimmte Aufgabe hat
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 Ameisenstaat
- Ameisenstaates genitive
- Ameisenstaats genitive
- Ameisenstaaten plural
- Ameisenstaate dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ameisenstaat?
- [ˈaːmaɪ̯zn̩ˌʃtaːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ameisenstaat in German?
Ameisenstaat appears about once in every 48 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).