Chemo
German, noun/ˈçeːmo/
Chemo is a German feminine noun meaning “clipping of Chemotherapie (“chemo”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Chemotherapie”.
What does Chemo mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformalclipping of Chemotherapie (“chemo”)
prefix
- 1
chemo-
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. mittels oder auf Basis der Chemie
noun: 1. Chemotherapie
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 Chemo
- chemi- alternative
- chem- alternative before-vowel
- Chemos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Chemo?
- /ˈçeːmo/
- Austria /ˈkemo/
- [ˈçemo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Chemo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Chemo in German?
Chemo appears 1.1 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).