Idiom
German, noun[iˈdi̯oːm]
Idiom is spelled I-D-I-O-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idiom is a German neuter noun meaning “idiom (a distinct manner of speaking peculiar to a group of people)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eigentümliche Sprechweise einer Personengruppe”.
What does Idiom mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteridiom (a distinct manner of speaking peculiar to a group of people)
- 2
neuteridiom (a specific language variety or speech register)
- 3
neuteridiom (an idiomatic expression)
- 4
neuteridiom
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eigentümliche Sprechweise einer Personengruppe 2. feste Redewendung, Wortverbindung, idiomatischer Ausdruck, festes Syntagma
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 Idiom
- Idioms genitive
- Idiome plural
- Idiomen dative definite plural
- Idiomes genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Idiom?
- [iˈdi̯oːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Idiom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Idiom in German?
Idiom 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).