Echo
German, noun/ˈɛço/
Echo is spelled E-C-H-O (4 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Echo is a German neuter noun meaning “echo (reflected sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Reflexion von Schallwellen, so dass man das ursprüngliche Geräusch zwei- oder mehrfach hört”.
What does Echo mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterecho (reflected sound)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Reflexion von Schallwellen, so dass man das ursprüngliche Geräusch zwei- oder mehrfach hört 2. Rückwirkung, Erwiderung auf eine Handlung
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 Echo
- Echos genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Echo?
- /ˈɛço/
- [ˈɛço]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Echo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Echo in German?
Echo appears 11 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).