Kyrieleis
German, interjection/ˌkyːʁieˈlɛɪ̯s/
Kyrieleis is spelled K-Y-R-I-E-L-E-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kyrieleis is a German interjection meaning “clipping of Kyrie eleison” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bittruf zu Beginn einer Messe oder des Gottesdienstes, der gebeten oder gesungen wird”.
What does Kyrieleis mean in English?
interjection
- 1
clipping of Kyrie eleison
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Bittruf zu Beginn einer Messe oder des Gottesdienstes, der gebeten oder gesungen wird
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 Kyrieleis
- Kyrioleis alternative obsolete
- Kyrie eleison alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kyrieleis?
- /ˌkyːʁieˈlɛɪ̯s/
- /ˌkyːʁieˈlaɪ̯s/
- /ˈ...ˌ.../
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kyrieleis in German?
Kyrieleis appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).