Fetus
German, noun/ˈfeːtʊs/
Fetus is spelled F-E-T-U-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fetus is a German masculine noun meaning “fetus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das ungeborene Kind während der Schwangerschaft, nachdem es innere Organe gebildet hat (etwa nach dem dritten…”.
What does Fetus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefetus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das ungeborene Kind während der Schwangerschaft, nachdem es innere Organe gebildet hat (etwa nach dem dritten Monat einer Schwangerschaft)
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 Fetus
- Feten plural
- Fötus variant
- Fet abbreviation
- Fetusse nominative plural
- Fetusses genitive singular
- Fetussen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fetus?
- /ˈfeːtʊs/
- [ˈfeːtʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Fetus in German?
Fetus appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).