Insekt
German, noun/ɪnˈzɛkt/
Insekt is spelled I-N-S-E-K-T (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 31,999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Insekt is a German neuter noun meaning “insect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mehrzelliges, gliederfüßiges Tier mit sechs Beinen (im erwachsenen Zustand)”.
What does Insekt mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterinsect
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mehrzelliges, gliederfüßiges Tier mit sechs Beinen (im erwachsenen Zustand)
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 Insekt
- Insektes genitive
- Insekts genitive
- Insekten plural
- Insekte dative singular
- Insect alternative obsolete
- Insectum alternative obsolete
- Insektum alternative obsolete
- Ins. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Insekt?
- /ɪnˈzɛkt/
- [ɪnˈzɛkt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Insekt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Insekt in German?
Insekt appears 1.3 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).