Ellbogen
German, noun/ˈɛlˌboːɡn̩/
Ellbogen is spelled E-L-L-B-O-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ellbogen is a German masculine noun meaning “elbow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “am Unterarm und Oberarm verbindendem Gelenk sitzender Knochenfortsatz”.
What does Ellbogen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelbow
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. am Unterarm und Oberarm verbindendem Gelenk sitzender Knochenfortsatz
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 Ellbogen
- Ellbogens genitive
- Ellenbogen alternative also standard
- Ellebogen alternative colloquial
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ellbogen?
- /ˈɛlˌboːɡn̩/
- [ˈɛlˌboːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ellbogen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ellbogen in German?
Ellbogen appears 1.9 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).