Biltong
German, noun[ˈbɪltɔŋ]
Biltong is spelled B-I-L-T-O-N-G (7 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written German, the 434,655th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Biltong is a German masculine noun meaning “biltong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gesalzenes, rohes, an der Luft getrocknetes Rind- oder Wildfleisch aus dem südafrikanischen und namibischen…”.
What does Biltong mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterbiltong
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gesalzenes, rohes, an der Luft getrocknetes Rind- oder Wildfleisch aus dem südafrikanischen und namibischen Raum
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 Biltong
- Biltongs genitive
- Bulltong variant archaic
- Bülltong variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Biltong?
- [ˈbɪltɔŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Biltong in German?
Biltong appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).