basalten
German, adjective
basalten is spelled B-A-S-A-L-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Basalten is a German adjective meaning “basalt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Basalten is a different word: “dative plural of Basalt”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Basalt bestehend oder gemacht”.
What does basalten mean in English?
adjective
- 1
basalt
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Basalt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aus Basalt bestehend oder gemacht
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 basalten
- basaltener masculine nominative singular
- basaltner masculine nominative singular
- basaltene feminine nominative singular
- basaltne feminine nominative singular
- basaltenes neuter nominative singular
- basaltnes neuter nominative singular
- basaltenen genitive masculine singular
- basaltnen genitive masculine singular
- basaltenem dative masculine singular
- basaltnem dative masculine singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is basalten in German?
basalten appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).