Bisam
German, noun/ˈbiːzam/
Bisam is spelled B-I-S-A-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 251,029th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bisam is a German masculine noun meaning “musk (now chiefly zoology, never used of synthetic musk)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sekret aus der Drüse eines Moschushirsches, das als Duftstoff genutzt wird”.
What does Bisam mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneutermusk (now chiefly zoology, never used of synthetic musk)
- 2
masculineneuterellipsis of Bisamratte (“muskrat”)
- 3
masculineneuterellipsis of Bisamfell (“muskrat pelt”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sekret aus der Drüse eines Moschushirsches, das als Duftstoff genutzt wird 2. eine große Wühlmaus mit zusammengedrücktem Schuppenschwanz, die in der Nähe von Wasser lebt
noun: 1. Fell der Bisamratte
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 Bisam
- Bisams genitive
- Bisame plural
- Bisamen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bisam?
- /ˈbiːzam/
- /ˈbiːzaːm/
- [ˈbiːzam]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bisam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bisam in German?
Bisam appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).