Irrigation
German, noun[ɪʁiɡaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Irrigation is spelled I-R-R-I-G-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irrigation is a German feminine noun meaning “irrigation (the act or process of irrigating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zufuhr von Wasser zum Boden und zur Pflanze mit dem Ziel der Förderung des Pflanzenwachstums”.
What does Irrigation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineirrigation (the act or process of irrigating)
- 2
feminineirrigation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zufuhr von Wasser zum Boden und zur Pflanze mit dem Ziel der Förderung des Pflanzenwachstums 2. Spülung eines Hohlraums im Körper (z.B. Mund, Darm, Blase) mit einer Flüssigkeit 3. Medizin, Darmspülung: das Einleiten einer Flüssigkeit über den After bzw. das Stoma in den Dickdarm, z. B. 4. zur Reinigung des Dickdarms vor einer Darmspiegelung oder Operation
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 Irrigation
- Irrigationen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Irrigation?
- [ɪʁiɡaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Irrigation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Irrigation in German?
Irrigation appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).