Bison
German, noun/ˈbiːzɔn/
Bison is a German masculine noun meaning “bison (Bison bison)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Gattung europäischer und nordamerikanischer Wildrinder”.
What does Bison mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterbison (Bison bison)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Gattung europäischer und nordamerikanischer Wildrinder 2. eine Art aus dieser Gattung, der Amerikanische Bison (Bison bison)
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 Bison
- Bisons genitive
- Bisone plural rare
- Bisonen dative definite plural
- Bison bison abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bison?
- /ˈbiːzɔn/
- [ˈbiːzɔn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bison in German?
Bison appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).