Dose
German, noun
Dose is spelled D-O-S-E (4 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dose is a German feminine noun meaning “box (container made from metal or plastic, less often wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, döse is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner Behälter mit Deckel zur Aufbewahrung von Objekten”.
What does Dose mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebox (container made from metal or plastic, less often wood)
- 2
femininetin, can (air-tight container for food)
- 3
femininesocket
- 4
feminineinformalvagina, vulva
noun
- 1
femininea (small) moor in northwestern Germany (now chiefly in placenames)
Bockholter Dose, Esterweger Dose, Ginger Dose, Molberger Dose, Speller Dose, Staverner Dose, Sumpfmoor Dose, Tinner Dose
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner Behälter mit Deckel zur Aufbewahrung von Objekten 2. Autos von Fahrrad- und Motorradfahrern 3. Bezeichnung der primären weiblichen Geschlechtsorgane 4. Behältnis für elektrische Verbindungen
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 Dose
- Dosen plural
- Döschen diminutive neuter
- Döslein diminutive neuter
- Doserl diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Dose
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dose in German?
Dose appears 8.1 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).