distal
German, adjective/dɪsˈtaːl/
distal is spelled D-I-S-T-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 99,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Distal is a German adjective meaning “distal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vom Körperzentrum entfernt (nicht von der Mittellinie entfernt: siehe lateral)”.
What does distal mean in English?
adjective
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distal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vom Körperzentrum entfernt (nicht von der Mittellinie entfernt: siehe lateral) 2. zum Ende des Zahnbogens hin 3. Flächenangabe für eine der fünf Zahnflächen: diejenige Zahnfläche eines Zahnes, die sich Richtung des benachbarten Zahnes, der von der Mitte des Zahnbogens weg gelegen ist, befindet 4. sich in der Ferne befindend
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 distal
- distaler masculine nominative singular
- distale feminine nominative singular
- distales neuter nominative singular
- distalen genitive masculine singular
- distalem dative masculine singular
- der distale definite includes-article masculine
- die distale definite feminine includes-article
- das distale definite includes-article neuter
- die distalen definite includes-article nominative
- des distalen definite genitive includes-article
- der distalen definite feminine genitive
- dem distalen dative definite includes-article
- den distalen dative definite includes-article
- m abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce distal?
- /dɪsˈtaːl/
- [dɪsˈtaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to distal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is distal in German?
distal 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).