Engerling
German, noun/ˈɛŋəʁlɪŋ/
Engerling is spelled E-N-G-E-R-L-I-N-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written German, the 244,602nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Engerling is a German masculine noun meaning “a white, dirt-dwelling grub of beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, for example the European cockchafers, the summer chafers, the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die im Boden lebende Larve insbesondere des Maikäfers und des Junikäfers, aber auch anderer Blatthornkäfer”.
What does Engerling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea white, dirt-dwelling grub of beetles in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, for example the European cockchafers, the summer chafers, the garden chafer or the European rhinoceros beetle.
- 2
datedmasculinelarva of the family Oestridae, including the botflies, warbleflies and gadflies.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die im Boden lebende Larve insbesondere des Maikäfers und des Junikäfers, aber auch anderer Blatthornkäfer 2. Hautdassel; Fliegenlarven, die unter der Haut von Huftieren heranwachsen
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 Engerling
- Engerlings genitive
- Engerlinge plural
- Engerlingen dative definite plural
- Emmerling alternative dated regional
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Engerling?
- /ˈɛŋəʁlɪŋ/
- [ˈʔɛŋɐlɪŋ]
- [ˈɛŋɐlɪŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Engerling in German?
Engerling appears about once in every 19 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).