Ebene
German, noun
Ebene is spelled E-B-E-N-E (5 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written German, the 1,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ebene is a German feminine noun meaning “plain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ebene is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ungekrümmte, planare Fläche”.
What does Ebene mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineplain
- 2
feminineplane
- 3
femininestorey, floor
- 4
femininelevel
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ungekrümmte, planare Fläche 2. lang ausgestreckte, flache, hügelfreie Landschaft unabhängig von ihrer Höhe über dem Meer 3. Schicht in einem mehrschichtigen Konstrukt, zum Beispiel in einer politischen oder wirtschaftlichen Organisation 4. die Euklidische Ebene, ein zweidimensionaler Vektorraum
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 Ebene
- Ebenen plural
- Eb. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ebene
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ebene in German?
Ebene appears 45 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).