Elementarteilchen
German, noun/elemɛnˈtaːa̯taɪ̯lɕən/
Elementarteilchen is spelled E-L-E-M-E-N-T-A-R-T-E-I-L-C-H-E-N (17 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 65,066th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elementarteilchen is a German neuter noun meaning “elementary particle (fundamental particle)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleinster bekannter Baustein der Materie und Antimaterie”.
What does Elementarteilchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterelementary particle (fundamental particle)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleinster bekannter Baustein der Materie und Antimaterie
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 Elementarteilchen
- Elementarteilchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Elementarteilchen?
- /elemɛnˈtaːa̯taɪ̯lɕən/
- [eləmɛnˈtaːɐ̯ˌtaɪ̯lçən]
- [elemɛnˈtaːɐ̯ˌtaɪ̯lçən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Elementarteilchen in German?
Elementarteilchen 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).