Germ
German, noun
Germ is a German feminine noun meaning “yeast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, germ. is a different word: “abbreviation of germanisch”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hefe, in Bayern und Österreich”.
What does Germ mean in English?
noun
- 1
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adjective
- 1
abbreviation of germanisch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. germanisch
noun: 1. Hefe, in Bayern und Österreich 2. Kultur einer Hefe im frischen oder getrockneten Zustand
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 Germ
- Germs genitive
- Germen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Germ
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Germ in German?
Germ appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).