it.
German, adjective/ˈiːt/
it. is spelled I-T (2 letters) and appears 85 times per million words in written German, the 1,019th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). It. is a German adjective meaning “abbreviation of italienisch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does it. mean in English?
adjective
- 1
abbreviation of italienisch
suffix
- 1
masculine-ite (used to form names of certain peoples, followers or descendants of a person, etc.)
suffix
- 1
masculineneuter-ite (used to form names of minerals and some rocks and fossils)
- 2
masculineneuter-ite (used to form names of salts and esters of acids whose name ends in -ous)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Impulstelegrafie 2. Informationstechnik 3. Informationstechnologie 4. Informationsträger
abbreviation: 1. italienisch 2. italisch
suffix: 1. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement für ein Adjektiv 2. nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement für ein maskulines Substantiv, häufig ein Mineral 3. bezeichnet das Anion der Sauerstoffsäure mit verringerter Oxidationsstufe des derivierten Stoffes (ein feminines Substantiv) 4. Anion der um eine Oxidationsstufe verringerten Sauerstoffsäure des derivierten Stoffes
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 it.
- italien. alternative
- ital. alternative
- in feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce it.?
- /ˈiːt/
- /ˈɪt/
- [aɪ̯ˈtiː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to it.
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is it. in German?
it. appears 85 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).