Astigmatismus
German, noun[astɪɡmaˈtɪsmʊs]
Astigmatismus is spelled A-S-T-I-G-M-A-T-I-S-M-U-S (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Astigmatismus is a German masculine noun meaning “astigmatism (both senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fehlsichtigkeit, bei der die Hornhaut des Auges ungleichmäßig geformt ist”.
What does Astigmatismus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineastigmatism (both senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fehlsichtigkeit, bei der die Hornhaut des Auges ungleichmäßig geformt ist 2. Abbildungsfehler bei optischen Geräten wie etwa Objektiven und Fernrohren
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 Astigmatismus
- Astigmatismen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Astigmatismus?
- [astɪɡmaˈtɪsmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Astigmatismus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Astigmatismus in German?
Astigmatismus appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).