Initiale
German, noun
Initiale is spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 54,418th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Initiale is a German feminine noun meaning “initial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, initiale is a different word: “strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anfangsbuchstabe, besonders”.
What does Initiale mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinitial
adjective
- 1
femininestrong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- 2
strong nominative/accusative plural
- 3
weak nominative all-gender singular
- 4
feminineneuterweak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anfangsbuchstabe, besonders 2. ausgeschmückter Anfangsbuchstabe – meist als Großbuchstabe
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 Initiale
- Initialen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Initiale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Initiale in German?
Initiale 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).