Dimmer
German, noun/ˈdɪmɐ/
Dimmer is spelled D-I-M-M-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dimmer is a German masculine noun meaning “dimmer (rheostat to vary the intensity of electric light)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Art Schalter, mit dem es möglich ist, eine Lampe stufenlos in deren Helligkeit zu regulieren”.
What does Dimmer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedimmer (rheostat to vary the intensity of electric light)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Art Schalter, mit dem es möglich ist, eine Lampe stufenlos in deren Helligkeit zu regulieren
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 Dimmer
- Dimmers genitive
- Dimmern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dimmer?
- /ˈdɪmɐ/
- [ˈdɪmɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dimmer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dimmer in German?
Dimmer appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).