Eid
German, noun/aɪ̯t/
Eid is spelled E-I-D (3 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eid is a German masculine noun meaning “oath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “feierliche Beteuerung eines Versprechens oder einer Aussage”.
What does Eid mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoath
einen Eid leisten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. feierliche Beteuerung eines Versprechens oder einer Aussage
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 Eid
- Eides genitive
- Eids genitive
- Eide plural
- Eiden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Eid?
- /aɪ̯t/
- [ʔäe̯t]
- [aɪ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Eid
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Eid in German?
Eid appears 5.1 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).