Kies
German, noun
Kies is spelled K-I-E-S (4 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kies is a German masculine noun meaning “gravel, shingle (small pebbles collectively)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, kies is a different word: “singular imperative of kiesen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “lose Gesteinsstücke in einer Korngröße von etwa 3 mm bis 30 mm”.
What does Kies mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegravel, shingle (small pebbles collectively)
- 2
masculineore containing sulphur or arsenic, being hard, antifragile, bright in color, and having a strong metallic brilliance
noun
- 1
masculineslangdosh, dough (money)
verb
- 1
singular imperative of kiesen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lose Gesteinsstücke in einer Korngröße von etwa 3 mm bis 30 mm 2. Baustoff und Bauzuschlagstoff, Filtermaterial aus [1] 3. (bares) Geld
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 Kies
- Kieses genitive
- Kiese plural
- Kiesen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Kies
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kies in German?
Kies appears 2.8 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).