Kieselalge
German, noun[ˈkiːzl̩ˌʔalɡə]
Kieselalge is spelled K-I-E-S-E-L-A-L-G-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written German, the 610,218th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kieselalge is a German feminine noun meaning “diatom” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Alge, die aus einer Zelle besteht und die mit einer Panzerung aus Kieselsäure versehen ist”.
What does Kieselalge mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininediatom
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alge, die aus einer Zelle besteht und die mit einer Panzerung aus Kieselsäure versehen ist
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 Kieselalge
- Kieselalgen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kieselalge?
- [ˈkiːzl̩ˌʔalɡə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kieselalge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kieselalge in German?
Kieselalge appears about once in every 93 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).