Eternit
German, noun/etɛʁˈniːt/
Eternit is spelled E-T-E-R-N-I-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eternit is a German masculine noun meaning “Eternit (brand of fibre cement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein feuerfestes Gemenge aus Asbest und Zement, das früher oft in Platten, Welltafeln und Rohren gepresst für…”.
What does Eternit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineEternit (brand of fibre cement)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein feuerfestes Gemenge aus Asbest und Zement, das früher oft in Platten, Welltafeln und Rohren gepresst für Dächer, Trennwände, Geländerverkleidungen und Ähnliches verwendet wurde.
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 Eternit
- Eternits genitive
- Eternite plural
- Eterniten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Eternit?
- /etɛʁˈniːt/
- [etɛʁˈniːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Eternit in German?
Eternit appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).