Eph.
German, noun[ˈɛf]
Eph. is spelled E-P-H (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 57,755th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eph. is a German noun meaning “abbreviation of Euphonion (“euphonium”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Eph. mean in English?
noun
- 1
abbreviation of Euphonion (“euphonium”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Abkürzung für das neutestamentliche Buch des Epheserbriefes
prefix: 1. vorangestelltes Wortbildungselement, das stattepi-Wörter bildet, wenn das Grundwort mit einem ›h‹ beginnt
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 Eph.
- epi- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Eph.?
- [ˈɛf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Eph. in German?
Eph. appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).