Embryo
German, noun/ˈɛmbʁio/
Embryo is spelled E-M-B-R-Y-O (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embryo is a German masculine noun meaning “embryo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Leibesfrucht des Menschen von der vierten Woche der Schwangerschaft bis zum Ende des vierten…”.
What does Embryo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterembryo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Leibesfrucht des Menschen von der vierten Woche der Schwangerschaft bis zum Ende des vierten Schwangerschaftsmonats 2. ein Tier in der Anfangsphase der Entwicklung, das sich noch im Muttertier oder in Eihülle oder Eischale befindet 3. eine Pflanze in der Anfangsphase ihrer Entwicklung
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 Embryo
- Embryos genitive
- Embryonen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Embryo?
- /ˈɛmbʁio/
- /ˈɛmbʁyo/
- [ˈɛmbʁio]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Embryo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Embryo in German?
Embryo appears 1.3 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).