Arboretum
German, noun/aʁboːˈʁeːtʊm/
Arboretum is spelled A-R-B-O-R-E-T-U-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arboretum is a German neuter noun meaning “arboretum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Anpflanzung verschiedenartiger, oft auch exotischer Gehölze in einer abgegrenzten natürlichen Umgebung…”.
What does Arboretum mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterarboretum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Anpflanzung verschiedenartiger, oft auch exotischer Gehölze in einer abgegrenzten natürlichen Umgebung zum Zwecke der Arterhaltung, Besichtigung oder für Lehr- und Forschungszwecke; zum Beispiel ein botanischer Garten (für Bäume und Sträucher)
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 Arboretum
- Arboretums genitive
- Arboreten plural
- Arboreta plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Arboretum?
- /aʁboːˈʁeːtʊm/
- [aʁboˈʁeːtʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Arboretum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Arboretum in German?
Arboretum appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).