Ascus
German, noun[ˈaskʊs]
Ascus is spelled A-S-C-U-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 52 million words in written German, the 440,316th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ascus is a German masculine noun meaning “ascus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zylindrischer oder schlauchförmiger Sporenbehälter (Sporangium) der Schlauchpilze (Ascomyzeten), in dem die…”.
What does Ascus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineascus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zylindrischer oder schlauchförmiger Sporenbehälter (Sporangium) der Schlauchpilze (Ascomyzeten), in dem die Ascosporen gebildet werden
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 Ascus
- Asci plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ascus?
- [ˈaskʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ascus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ascus in German?
Ascus appears about once in every 52 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).