Block
German, noun
Block is spelled B-L-O-C-K (5 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,959th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Block is a German masculine noun meaning “bloc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, block is a different word: “singular imperative of blocken”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “großes Stück fest verbundenen Materials, ungefähr quaderförmig”.
What does Block mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebloc
- 2
masculineblock (thick, roughly cuboid object, e.g. cake of soap, block of ice, wood, etc.)
- 3
masculineblock (large building or group of such)
- 4
masculinepad (of paper)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of blocken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großes Stück fest verbundenen Materials, ungefähr quaderförmig 2. ein Stapel Papierblätter, welche miteinander verklebt oder verdrahtet sind und nach Bedarf abgerissen werden können. 3. einheitlich auftretender Zusammenschluss von Parteien oder Staaten 4. Häuserkomplex, der nicht von Straßen durchschnitten wird
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 Block
- Blockes genitive
- Blocks genitive
- Blöcke plural
- Blocke dative singular
- Blöcken dative definite plural
- Blöckchen diminutive
- Blöcklein diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Block
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Block in German?
Block appears 20 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).