Kieselerde
German, noun[kiːzl̩ˌʔeːɐ̯də]
Kieselerde is spelled K-I-E-S-E-L-E-R-D-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kieselerde is a German feminine noun meaning “silica” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mineral/Sediment mit hohem Siliziumgehalt”.
What does Kieselerde mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesilica
- 2
femininediatomaceous earth
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mineral/Sediment mit hohem Siliziumgehalt
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 Kieselerde
- Kieselerden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kieselerde?
- [kiːzl̩ˌʔeːɐ̯də]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kieselerde in German?
Kieselerde appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).