ELSTER
German, noun
ELSTER is spelled E-L-S-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). ELSTER is a German feminine noun meaning “abbreviation of elektronische Steuererklärung (“electronic tax return”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Elster is a different word: “magpie”.
What does ELSTER mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineabbreviation of elektronische Steuererklärung (“electronic tax return”)
noun
- 1
femininemagpie
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein langschwänziger Vogel (Pica und verwandte Gattungen) aus der Familie der Rabenvögel (Corvidae) 2. speziell die schwarz-weiße Art Pica pica
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für Elektronische Steuererklärung
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 ELSTER
- Elstern plural
- Elsterchen diminutive
- ELSTERs genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ELSTER
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ELSTER in German?
ELSTER appears 3.6 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).