Humus
German, noun/ˈhuːmʊs/
Humus is spelled H-U-M-U-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Humus is a German masculine noun meaning “humus (group of compounds in soil)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bodenart mit hohem Anteil an organischer Substanz”.
What does Humus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehumus (group of compounds in soil)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bodenart mit hohem Anteil an organischer Substanz 2. in der Bodenkunde ebendiese organische Substanz
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Humus?
- /ˈhuːmʊs/
- [ˈhuːmʊs]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Humus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Humus in German?
Humus appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).