Aorta
German, noun[aˈɔʁta]
Aorta is spelled A-O-R-T-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aorta is a German feminine noun meaning “aorta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Hauptschlagader (auch die große Körperschlagader genannt), ein Blutgefäß, das direkt auf der linken Seite…”.
What does Aorta mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaorta
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Hauptschlagader (auch die große Körperschlagader genannt), ein Blutgefäß, das direkt auf der linken Seite des Herzens entspringt
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 Aorta
- Aorten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aorta?
- [aˈɔʁta]
- [aˈʔɔʁta]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aorta
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aorta in German?
Aorta 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).