Beta
German, noun/beːta/
Beta is spelled B-E-T-A (4 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written German, the 9,010th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beta is a German neuter noun meaning “beta (Greek letter)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zweiter Buchstabe im griechischen Alphabet”.
What does Beta mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbeta (Greek letter)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zweiter Buchstabe im griechischen Alphabet
noun: 1. Beta-Version; eine Testversion von einem Spiel, einer Website oder Ähnlichem
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 Beta
- Betas genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beta?
- /beːta/
- /bɛta/
- [ˈbeːta]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Beta in German?
Beta appears 7.4 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).