arid
German, adjective/aˈʁiːt/
arid is spelled A-R-I-D (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arid is a German adjective meaning “arid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im jährlichen Durchschnitt eine höhere Verdunstung als die Niederschlagsmenge aufweisend”.
What does arid mean in English?
adjective
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arid
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. im jährlichen Durchschnitt eine höhere Verdunstung als die Niederschlagsmenge aufweisend
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 arid
- arider masculine nominative singular
- am aridesten superlative
- aride feminine nominative singular
- arides neuter nominative singular
- ariden genitive masculine singular
- aridem dative masculine singular
- der aride definite includes-article masculine
- die aride definite feminine includes-article
- das aride definite includes-article neuter
- die ariden definite includes-article nominative
- des ariden definite genitive includes-article
- der ariden definite feminine genitive
- dem ariden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce arid?
- /aˈʁiːt/
- [aˈʁiːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to arid
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is arid in German?
arid 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).