Gorilla
German, noun/ɡoˈʁɪla/
Gorilla is spelled G-O-R-I-L-L-A (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gorilla is a German masculine noun meaning “gorilla” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter der gleichnamigen Gattung der Menschenaffen aus der Ordnung der Primaten”.
What does Gorilla mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegorilla
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter der gleichnamigen Gattung der Menschenaffen aus der Ordnung der Primaten 2. die Gattung, der alle Gorillas^([1]) angehören 3. Mann, der für Personenschutz zuständig ist
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 Gorilla
- Gorillas genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gorilla?
- /ɡoˈʁɪla/
- [ɡoˈʁɪla]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gorilla
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gorilla in German?
Gorilla 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).