Dia
German, noun/ˈdiː.a/
Dia is spelled D-I-A (3 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,930th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dia is a German neuter noun meaning “slide (transparent image, to be projected to a screen)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übliche Kurzbezeichnung für Diapositiv, ein transparentes Bild, das zum Betrachten auf eine weiße Fläche…”.
What does Dia mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterslide (transparent image, to be projected to a screen)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. übliche Kurzbezeichnung für Diapositiv, ein transparentes Bild, das zum Betrachten auf eine weiße Fläche (Wand, Leinwand) projiziert wird 2. Abkürzung für Diastema
prefix: 1. durch, hindurch, auseinander
noun: 1. militärischer Nachrichtendienst der Vereinigten Staaten
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 Dia
- Dias genitive
- di- variant
- diarrhöisch variant
- Diarrhö variant
- Diarrhoe variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dia?
- /ˈdiː.a/
- [ˈdiːa]
- [dia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Dia in German?
Dia appears 2.3 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).