Halo
German, noun[ˈhaːlo]
Halo is spelled H-A-L-O (4 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Halo is a German masculine noun meaning “halo (circular band of coloured light, visible around the Sun or Moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Lichthof, der durch Brechung des Lichts um ein Objekt herum entsteht”.
What does Halo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehalo (circular band of coloured light, visible around the Sun or Moon etc., caused by reflection and refraction of light by ice crystals in the atmosphere)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Lichthof, der durch Brechung des Lichts um ein Objekt herum entsteht 2. ein atmosphärischer Lichteffekt, der durch Brechung oder Reflexion an Eiskristallen entsteht 3. ein Bereich, der eine Galaxie umgibt 4. ein ungewollter Effekt in der digitalen Bildbearbeitung
prefix: 1. Salz-
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 Halo
- Halos genitive
- Halonen plural
- hal- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Halo?
- [ˈhaːlo]
- [halo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Halo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Halo in German?
Halo appears 2.0 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).