Bakterium
German, noun/bakˈteːʁi̯ʊm/
Bakterium is spelled B-A-K-T-E-R-I-U-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bakterium is a German neuter noun meaning “bacterium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich teilendes, einzelliges, prokaryotisches Lebewesen ohne Zellkern”.
What does Bakterium mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbacterium
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sich teilendes, einzelliges, prokaryotisches Lebewesen ohne Zellkern
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 Bakterium
- Bakteriums genitive
- Bakterien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bakterium?
- /bakˈteːʁi̯ʊm/
- [bakˈteːʁiʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bakterium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bakterium in German?
Bakterium appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).