eiben
German, adjective
eiben is spelled E-I-B-E-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 95,383rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eiben is a German adjective meaning “yew, yewen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Eiben is a different word: “plural of Eibe”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Eibenholz bestehend oder gemacht”.
What does eiben mean in English?
adjective
- 1
yew, yewen
noun
- 1
plural of Eibe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aus Eibenholz bestehend oder gemacht
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 eiben
- eibener masculine nominative singular
- eibner masculine nominative singular
- eibene feminine nominative singular
- eibne feminine nominative singular
- eibenes neuter nominative singular
- eibnes neuter nominative singular
- eibenen genitive masculine singular
- eibnen genitive masculine singular
- eibenem dative masculine singular
- eibnem dative masculine singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to eiben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is eiben in German?
eiben appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).