bi
German, adjective
bi is spelled B-I (2 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bi is a German adjective meaning “clipping of bisexuell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, biß is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of beißen Formerly standard…”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bisexuell”.
What does bi mean in English?
adjective
- 1
informalclipping of bisexuell
prefix
- 1
bi-
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of beißen Formerly standard spelling of biss which was deprecated in the spelling reform (Rechtschreibreform) of 1996.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für Stadt Bielefeld
prefix: 1. zwei, doppelt, beide
adjective: 1. bisexuell
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 bi
- bin- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bi
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bi in German?
bi appears 11 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).