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Keimdrüse

German, noun/ˈkaɪ̯mˌdʁyːzə/

Keimdrüse is a German feminine noun meaning “gonad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Drüse, in der Keimzellen und Geschlechtshormone gebildet werden”.

What does Keimdrüse mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininegonad

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Drüse, in der Keimzellen und Geschlechtshormone gebildet werden

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 Keimdrüse

  • Keimdrüsen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Keimdrüse?

  • /ˈkaɪ̯mˌdʁyːzə/
  • [ˈkaɪ̯mˌdʁyːzə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Keimdrüse

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Keimdrüse in German?

Keimdrüse appears about once in every 79 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).