Dessous
German, noun/dɛˈsuː/
Dessous is spelled D-E-S-S-O-U-S (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dessous is a German neuter noun meaning “lingerie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “elegante Unterwäsche”.
What does Dessous mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlingerie
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. elegante Unterwäsche
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 Dessous?
- /dɛˈsuː/
- [dɛˈsuː]
- [dɛˈsuːs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dessous
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dessous in German?
Dessous appears 2.6 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).