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Bor

German, noun/boːr/

Bor is spelled B-O-R (3 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bor is a German neuter noun meaning “boron” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 5, das zu den Halbmetallen gehört”.

What does Bor mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterboron

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 5, das zu den Halbmetallen gehört

abbreviation: 1. Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für Kreis Borken, Bocholt

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 Bor

  • Bors genitive
  • B abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Bor?

  • /boːr/
  • [boːɐ̯]
  • [bɔɐ̯]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Bor

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Bor in German?

Bor appears 1.7 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).

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