Genick
German, noun/ɡəˈnɪk/
Genick is spelled G-E-N-I-C-K (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Genick is a German neuter noun meaning “nape of the neck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “hinterer Bereich des Halses, die Halswirbelsäule”.
What does Genick mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuternape of the neck
- 2
neuterthe joint portion of the neck which joins the vertebrae (which has no regularly used English name)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. hinterer Bereich des Halses, die Halswirbelsäule
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 Genick
- Genicks genitive
- Genickes genitive
- Genicke plural
- Genicken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Genick?
- /ɡəˈnɪk/
- [ɡəˈnɪk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Genick
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Genick in German?
Genick appears 1.9 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).