Gelenk
German, noun/ɡəˈlɛŋk/
Gelenk is spelled G-E-L-E-N-K (6 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gelenk is a German neuter noun meaning “joint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bewegliche Verbindung von Knochen”.
What does Gelenk mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterjoint
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bewegliche Verbindung von Knochen 2. bewegliche Verbindung von zwei mechanischen Bauteilen
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 Gelenk
- Gelenkes genitive
- Gelenks genitive
- Gelenke plural
- Gelenken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gelenk?
- /ɡəˈlɛŋk/
- [ɡəˈlɛŋkʰ]
- [ɡəˈlɛŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gelenk
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gelenk in German?
Gelenk appears 2.1 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).