Ellipsoid
German, noun[ɛlɪpsoˈiːt]
Ellipsoid is spelled E-L-L-I-P-S-O-I-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ellipsoid is a German neuter noun meaning “ellipsoid (surface all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Körper mit elliptischem Querschnitt”.
What does Ellipsoid mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterellipsoid (surface all of whose cross sections are elliptic or circular)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Körper mit elliptischem Querschnitt
adjective: 1. in der Form eines Ellipsoids, also in den Schnitten von zwei senkrecht zueinander stehenden Ebenen die Form einer Ellipse aufweisend, in der dritten senkrecht dazu stehenden Ebene bilden die Schnitte Kreise
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 Ellipsoid
- Ellipsoides genitive
- Ellipsoids genitive
- Ellipsoide plural
- Ellipsoiden dative definite plural
- ellipsoider positive nominative strong
- ellipsoide positive nominative strong
- ellipsoides positive nominative strong
- ellipsoiden positive genitive strong
- ellipsoidem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ellipsoid?
- [ɛlɪpsoˈiːt]
- [ɛlɪpsoˈʔiːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ellipsoid
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ellipsoid in German?
Ellipsoid appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).