Echse
German, noun/ˈɛksə/
Echse is spelled E-C-H-S-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Echse is a German feminine noun meaning “lizard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kriechtier mit Haut aus Hornschuppen, das meist Eier legt und mehr oder weniger ausgebildete Gliedmaßen hat”.
What does Echse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelizard
- 2
femininesaurian
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kriechtier mit Haut aus Hornschuppen, das meist Eier legt und mehr oder weniger ausgebildete Gliedmaßen hat
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 Echse
- Echsen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Echse?
- /ˈɛksə/
- [ˈɛksə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Echse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Echse in German?
Echse appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).