Glied
German, noun/ɡliːt/
Glied is spelled G-L-I-E-D (5 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 16,125th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Glied is a German neuter noun meaning “limb, joint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein verbundenes Teil oder Stück - allgemein: Teil eines Ganzen”.
What does Glied mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlimb, joint
- 2
neutergenital organ, (especially) the male one, the penis, member
- 3
archaicneuterany other external body part
- 4
neutermember, part
- 5
neuterlink (in a chain)
- 6
neutergroup of (usually three) soldiers standing or marching next to each other in a formation, (loosely also) the formation as a whole
- 7
neuterterm
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein verbundenes Teil oder Stück - allgemein: Teil eines Ganzen 2. ein Körperteil 3. das Begattungsorgan männlicher Tiere; speziell: ein äußeres Geschlechtsorgan des Mannes 4. die Aufstellung, bei der die Soldaten sehr dicht nebeneinander in einer Linie stehen
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 Glied
- Gliedes genitive
- Glieds genitive
- Glieder plural
- Gliede dative singular
- Gliedern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Glied?
- /ɡliːt/
- [ɡliːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Glied
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Glied in German?
Glied appears 3.5 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).