Beriberi
German, noun/ˌbeːʁiˈbeːʁi/
Beriberi is spelled B-E-R-I-B-E-R-I (8 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 235,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beriberi is a German feminine noun meaning “beriberi (disease)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Krankheit, die durch einen Mangel an Vitamin B1 entsteht”.
What does Beriberi mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineberiberi (disease)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Krankheit, die durch einen Mangel an Vitamin B1 entsteht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Beriberi?
- /ˌbeːʁiˈbeːʁi/
- [beʁiˈbeːʁi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Beriberi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Beriberi in German?
Beriberi appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).