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
neuterThe fifth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
neuteralternative letter-case form of E
suffix
- 1
feminineused to form nouns from adjectives, sometimes with umlaut of the root vowel; the nouns express the quality of the adjective
suffix
- 1
feminineforms instrument nouns
- 2
colloquialfeminineforms action nouns
- 3
colloquialfeminineused to form two-syllable clippings from feminine nouns
suffix
- 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
used to form the dative of strong masculine and neuter nouns ending in a stressed syllable
- 3
used to form various declined adjective forms, notably the nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 4
used to form the 1st person singular present indicative (and subjunctive) of a verb
- 5
used to form the 3rd person singular present subjunctive of a verb
- 6
used to form the 1st and 3rd person singular past subjunctive of a verb
pronoun
- 1
contraction of du after 2nd person singular forms of a verb.
suffix
- 1
masculinederives demonyms from names of regions and countries
- 2
masculine-ist; derives personal nouns from terms for scientific fields of Greek origin
- 3
masculinederives alternative forms of certain personal nouns, particularly of weak loanwords
- 4
masculinedirectly derives loanwords of personal nouns
letter
- 1
neuterThe fifth letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
neuterE
interfix
- 1
used to link elements in some compounds
verb
- 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).