Aporie
German, noun/apoˈʁiː/
Aporie is spelled A-P-O-R-I-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 274,993rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aporie is a German feminine noun meaning “aporia (insoluble contradiction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Ratlosigkeit, die Ausweglosigkeit”.
What does Aporie mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineaporia (insoluble contradiction)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Ratlosigkeit, die Ausweglosigkeit 2. die Unmöglichkeit, zur Auflösung eines Problems zu gelangen
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 Aporie
- Aporien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aporie?
- /apoˈʁiː/
- [apoˈʁiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aporie
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aporie in German?
Aporie appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).