Helium
German, noun/ˈheːli̯ʊm/
Helium is spelled H-E-L-I-U-M (6 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Helium is a German neuter noun meaning “helium; the chemical element and lighest noble gas with the atomic number 2” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 2 und einer Atommasse von 4,002602 u”.
What does Helium mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhelium; the chemical element and lighest noble gas with the atomic number 2
Helium ist das zweithäufigste Element im Universum.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 2 und einer Atommasse von 4,002602 u
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 Helium
- Heliums genitive
- He abbreviation
- E 939 abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Helium?
- /ˈheːli̯ʊm/
- [ˈheːli̯ʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Helium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Helium in German?
Helium appears 1.6 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).