Gottesanbeterin
German, noun/ˈɡɔ.təsˌ(ʔ)anˌbeː.tə.ʁɪn/
Gottesanbeterin is spelled G-O-T-T-E-S-A-N-B-E-T-E-R-I-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gottesanbeterin is a German feminine noun meaning “mantis, praying mantis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter der Insektenordnung Mantodea mit charakteristischen Fangarmen”.
What does Gottesanbeterin mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemantis, praying mantis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vertreter der Insektenordnung Mantodea mit charakteristischen Fangarmen 2. speziell die auch in Deutschland vorkommende Europäische Gottesanbeterin Mantis religiosa
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 Gottesanbeterin
- Gottesanbeterinnen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gottesanbeterin?
- /ˈɡɔ.təsˌ(ʔ)anˌbeː.tə.ʁɪn/
- [ˈɡɔtəsˌʔanbeːtəʁɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gottesanbeterin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gottesanbeterin in German?
Gottesanbeterin appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).