Detritus
German, noun[deˈtʁiːtʊs]
Detritus is spelled D-E-T-R-I-T-U-S (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detritus is a German masculine noun meaning “detritus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gesamtheit der überwiegend aus Organismenresten bestehenden Schweb- und Sinkstoffe in Gewässern”.
What does Detritus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedetritus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gesamtheit der überwiegend aus Organismenresten bestehenden Schweb- und Sinkstoffe in Gewässern 2. Überreste zerfallener Zellen oder Gewebe 3. zerriebenes Gesteinsmaterial und Gesteinsschutt
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 Detritus?
- [deˈtʁiːtʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Detritus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Detritus in German?
Detritus appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).