Chaos
German, noun[ˈkaːɔs]
Chaos is spelled C-H-A-O-S (5 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written German, the 3,577th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaos is a German neuter noun meaning “chaos” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zustand der Unordnung”.
What does Chaos mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterchaos
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zustand der Unordnung 2. Urzustand vor Entstehung der Erde, unförmlicher Klumpen der ungeordneten Elemente, ungeordneter Urstoff, unermessliche Leere, leerer Raum, die Unermesslichkeit des großen Raumes 3. ein Zustand nichtlinearer, dynamischer Systeme, Gegenstand der Chaosforschung 4. Chaosphase bei Einsatzlagen aufgrund einer fehlenden Führungsstruktur oder eines fehlenden Lagebildes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Chaos?
- [ˈkaːɔs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Chaos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Chaos in German?
Chaos appears 22 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).