Ex
German, noun
Ex is spelled E-X (2 letters) and appears 65 times per million words in written German, the 1,326th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ex is a German masculine noun meaning “ex (male former romantic partner)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ex is a different word: “singular imperative of exen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kurzform für Exfreund oder Exmann”.
What does Ex mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculineex (male former romantic partner)
noun
- 1
feminineinformalex (female former romantic partner)
noun
- 1
feminineinformalan unannounced performance test of pupils in school
prefix
- 1
ex- (former)
- 2
ex- (out)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of exen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of exen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kurzform für Exfreund oder Exmann
noun: 1. Kurzform für Exfreundin oder Exfrau
noun: 1. eine Stegreifaufgabe
abbreviation: 1. das Buch Exodus
prefix: 1. aus, heraus; aus (etwas/jemanden) heraus 2. etwas Ehemaliges oder Vergangenes 3. aus, aus … heraus, heraus, seit, infolge von
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 Ex
- Exe plural
- Exen dative definite plural
- e- variant
- ef- variant
- ek- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ex
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ex in German?
Ex appears 65 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).