Facettenauge
German, noun/faˈsɛtənˌaʊ̯.ɡə/
Facettenauge is spelled F-A-C-E-T-T-E-N-A-U-G-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written German, the 446,287th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Facettenauge is a German neuter noun meaning “compound eye” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “netzartig aufgebautes Auge von Insekten”.
What does Facettenauge mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutercompound eye
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. netzartig aufgebautes Auge von Insekten
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 Facettenauge
- Facettenauges genitive
- Facettenaugen plural
- Fassettenauge obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Facettenauge?
- /faˈsɛtənˌaʊ̯.ɡə/
- [faˈsɛtn̩ˌʔaʊ̯ɡə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Facettenauge in German?
Facettenauge appears about once in every 54 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).