Genus
German, noun/ˈɡɛnʊs/
Genus is spelled G-E-N-U-S (5 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Genus is a German neuter noun meaning “gender (of substantives, pronouns etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “grammatische Kategorie von Substantiven, Adjektiven, Artikeln, Pronomen (also von Nomen im traditionellen…”.
What does Genus mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutergender (of substantives, pronouns etc.)
- 2
neutervoice, gender (of verbs)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grammatische Kategorie von Substantiven, Adjektiven, Artikeln, Pronomen (also von Nomen im traditionellen weiteren Sinn) 2. grammatische Kategorie von Verben 3. Gattung
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 Genus
- Genera plural
- Gen. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Genus?
- /ˈɡɛnʊs/
- /ˈɡeːnʊs/
- [ˈɡɛnʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Genus in German?
Genus 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).