Flieder
German, noun/ˈfliːdər/
Flieder is spelled F-L-I-E-D-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 39,859th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flieder is a German masculine noun meaning “lilac (shrub of the genus Syringa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stark duftender Blütenstrauch aus der Familie der Ölbaumgewächse: Syringa”.
What does Flieder mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelilac (shrub of the genus Syringa)
- 2
masculineblack elder (shrub)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. stark duftender Blütenstrauch aus der Familie der Ölbaumgewächse: Syringa 2. Schwarzer Holunder (Sambucus nigra)
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 Flieder
- Flieders genitive
- Fliedern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Flieder?
- /ˈfliːdər/
- [ˈfliː.dɐ]
- [ˈfliːdɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Flieder
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Flieder in German?
Flieder appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).