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Lee

German, noun/leː/

Lee is spelled L-E-E (3 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,427th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lee is a German feminine noun meaning “leeward side of a ship (the side away from the wind direction)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Laut Duden kann Lee sowohl das weibliche als auch das sächliche Geschlecht haben. In der Geografie wird nur…”.

What does Lee mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineleeward side of a ship (the side away from the wind direction)

    tosende See an Luv und Lee

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Laut Duden kann Lee sowohl das weibliche als auch das sächliche Geschlecht haben. In der Geografie wird nur die sächliche Form benutzt. In der Seemannssprache wird Lee meist ohne Artikel benutzt. 2. [1] Nautik: die dem Wind abgewandte Seite des Schiffes 3. [2] Meteorologie: die dem Wind abgewandte Seite eines Gebirges

noun: 1. ein irischer Fluss im County Cork

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 Lee

  • Lees genitive singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Lee?

  • /leː/
  • [leː]
  • […]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Lee

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Lee in German?

Lee appears 17 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).

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