Kauri
German, noun/ˈkaʊ̯ʁi/
Kauri is a German feminine noun meaning “cowrie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bestimmte Art von Schnecken, die im Indischen Ozean vorkommt”.
What does Kauri mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinecowrie
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bestimmte Art von Schnecken, die im Indischen Ozean vorkommt
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 Kauri
- Kauris genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kauri?
- /ˈkaʊ̯ʁi/
- [ˈkaʊ̯ʁi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kauri
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kauri in German?
Kauri appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).