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e

German, noun

e is spelled E (one letter) and appears 339 times per million words in written German, the 275th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). E is a German neuter noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of E” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, E is a different word: “E”. On this page, e. is a different word: “abbreviation of erwähnt”.

What does e mean in English?

letter

  1. 1

    neuterThe fifth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

noun

  1. 1

    neuteralternative letter-case form of E

suffix

as -e
  1. 1

    feminineused to form nouns from adjectives, sometimes with umlaut of the root vowel; the nouns express the quality of the adjective

suffix

as -e
  1. 1

    feminineforms instrument nouns

  2. 2

    colloquialfeminineforms action nouns

  3. 3

    colloquialfeminineused to form two-syllable clippings from feminine nouns

suffix

as -e
  1. 1

    used to form the plural of some nouns; usually triggering umlaut of the root vowel in masculines and feminines, but not in neuters

  2. 2

    used to form the dative of strong masculine and neuter nouns ending in a stressed syllable

  3. 3

    used to form various declined adjective forms, notably the nominative/accusative feminine singular

  4. 4

    used to form the 1st person singular present indicative (and subjunctive) of a verb

  5. 5

    used to form the 3rd person singular present subjunctive of a verb

  6. 6

    used to form the 1st and 3rd person singular past subjunctive of a verb

pronoun

as -e
  1. 1

    contraction of du after 2nd person singular forms of a verb.

suffix

as -e
  1. 1

    masculinederives demonyms from names of regions and countries

  2. 2

    masculine-ist; derives personal nouns from terms for scientific fields of Greek origin

  3. 3

    masculinederives alternative forms of certain personal nouns, particularly of weak loanwords

  4. 4

    masculinedirectly derives loanwords of personal nouns

letter

as E
  1. 1

    neuterThe fifth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.

noun

as E
  1. 1

    neuterE

interfix

as -e-
  1. 1

    used to link elements in some compounds

verb

as e.
  1. 1

    abbreviation of erwähnt

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

letter: 1. fünfter Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets 2. ein Ton der diatonischen Tonleiter 3. das Formelzeichen großes E für Energie 4. Kurzwort für elektro-

abbreviation: 1. Bezeichnung für eine der vier von der literarkritischen Schule angenommenen Pentateuch-Quellen 2. Kennzeichen für Erdnuss 3. deutsches Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für Essen 4. Kraftfahrzeugkennzeichen für die Städte Eisenstadt und Rust

abbreviation: 1. fünfter Buchstabe des deutschen Alphabetes 2. Bezeichnung eines Tones 3. Abkürzung für die Eulersche Zahl 2,718281828459…

prefix: 1. aus, aus … heraus, heraus, ent-

prefix: 1. elektronisch

prefix: 1. elektrisch/elektronisch

affix: 1. Suffix: Allomorph/Deklinationsendung für Adjektive, Artikel, Pronomen und Substantive 2. Suffix: Allomorph/Konjugationsendung von Verben 3. Suffix: Derivatem (Ableitungsmorphem) zur Ableitung von Substantiven aus Verbstämmen 4. Interfix: Fugenelement in Komposita, deren Erstglied ein Substantiv ist

suffix: 1. du

letter: 1. in mehreren Sprachen verwendeter Kleinbuchstabe des lateinischen Schriftsystems, das im Deutschen in Lehnwörtern auftritt

abbreviation: 1. Eminenz 2. Entschädigung 3. Entscheidung 4. Entschließung

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 e

  • E uppercase
  • es plural
  • en dative definite plural
  • e lowercase
  • Es plural
  • ex- variant

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to e

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is e in German?

e appears 339 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).

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