Galgant
German, noun/ˈɡalɡant/
Galgant is spelled G-A-L-G-A-N-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written German, the 289,823rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galgant is a German masculine noun meaning “galangal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vernakularname für vier Pflanzen, die zur Familie der Ingwergewächse gehören bzw. deren Wurzel, die als…”.
What does Galgant mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegalangal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vernakularname für vier Pflanzen, die zur Familie der Ingwergewächse gehören bzw. deren Wurzel, die als Heilmittel und Gewürz eingesetzt wird
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 Galgant
- Galgants genitive
- Galgante plural
- Galganten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Galgant?
- /ˈɡalɡant/
- /ɡalˈɡant/
- [ɡalˈɡant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Galgant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Galgant in German?
Galgant appears about once in every 25 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).