lateral
German, adjective
lateral is spelled L-A-T-E-R-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 80,178th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lateral is a German adjective meaning “lateral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Lateral is a different word: “lateral”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “weit von der Körpermittellinie weg gelegen”.
What does lateral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
lateral
noun
- 1
masculinelateral
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Konsonant (Mitlaut), der durch den seitlich an der Zunge vorbeiströmenden Artikulationsstrom erzeugt wird 2. ein scheinbar paradoxes Rätsel, das durch Ja-Nein-Fragen gelöst werden kann
adjective: 1. weit von der Körpermittellinie weg gelegen 2. seitlich, das heißt von der (sagittalen) Körpermittelebene weg gelegen 3. seitlich; von der Seite 4. Eigenschaft eines Lautes, der so gebildet wird: die Zungenspitze schließt an den Alveolen (Zahndamm) und die Luft strömt seitlich aus dem Mundraum
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 lateral
- lateraler masculine nominative singular
- laterale feminine nominative singular
- laterales neuter nominative singular
- lateralen genitive masculine singular
- lateralem dative masculine singular
- der laterale definite includes-article masculine
- die laterale definite feminine includes-article
- das laterale definite includes-article neuter
- die lateralen definite includes-article nominative
- des lateralen definite genitive includes-article
- der lateralen definite feminine genitive
- dem lateralen dative definite includes-article
- den lateralen dative definite includes-article
- Lat. abbreviation
- Laterale nominative plural
- Laterals genitive singular
- Lateralen dative plural
- lat. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lateral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lateral in German?
lateral appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).