Cursor
German, noun/ˈkœrzər/
Cursor is spelled C-U-R-S-O-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cursor is a German masculine noun meaning “cursor (icon of a pointing device)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Visualisierung der aktuellen Position, an der Text oder andere Eingaben eingefügt werden”.
What does Cursor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecursor (icon of a pointing device)
- 2
masculinecursor (icon indicating where the next insertion should take place)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Visualisierung der aktuellen Position, an der Text oder andere Eingaben eingefügt werden
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 Cursor
- Cursors genitive
- Cursorn dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Cursor?
- /ˈkœrzər/
- [ˈkœɐ̯zɐ]
- [ˈkœːɐ̯zɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Cursor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Cursor in German?
Cursor 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).