Anthrax
German, noun[ˈantʁaks]
Anthrax is spelled A-N-T-H-R-A-X (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 70,098th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anthrax is a German masculine noun meaning “anthrax” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Infektionskrankheit Milzbrand”.
What does Anthrax mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanthrax
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Infektionskrankheit Milzbrand
noun: 1. Substanz, in der Erreger des Milzbrandes enthalten sind und die als Kampf- oder Impfstoff dient
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Anthrax?
- [ˈantʁaks]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Anthrax in German?
Anthrax 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).