Billion
German, noun/bɪˈli̯oːn/
Billion is spelled B-I-L-L-I-O-N (7 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 36,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Billion is a German feminine noun meaning “trillion (10¹²)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “1.000.000.000.000 = 10¹² ( eine Million Millionen bzw. eine Million hoch zwei gleich „bi-“)”.
What does Billion mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetrillion (10¹²)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. 1.000.000.000.000 = 10¹² ( eine Million Millionen bzw. eine Million hoch zwei gleich „bi-“);
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 Billion
- Billionen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Billion?
- /bɪˈli̯oːn/
- [bɪˈli̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Billion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Billion in German?
Billion appears 1.1 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).