Apsis
German, noun[ˈapsɪs]
Apsis is spelled A-P-S-I-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apsis is a German feminine noun meaning “apse (a semicircular projection from a building)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “halbrunde oder polygonale Altarnische in einem Tempel beziehungsweise einer Kirche”.
What does Apsis mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineapse (a semicircular projection from a building)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. halbrunde oder polygonale Altarnische in einem Tempel beziehungsweise einer Kirche 2. in einem Zelt eine halbrunde Einbuchtung, Vertiefung in einer Wand, in der Gepäck verstaut werden kann 3. Scheitelpunkt einer (elliptischen) Umlaufbahn eines Himmelskörpers
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 Apsis
- Apsiden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Apsis?
- [ˈapsɪs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Apsis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Apsis in German?
Apsis 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).