Leim
German, noun
Leim is spelled L-E-I-M (4 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leim is a German masculine noun meaning “glue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, leim is a different word: “singular imperative of leimen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “wässrige Lösung von Klebstoffen; flüssiger, wasserlöslicher Klebstoff, meist auf organischer Basis”.
What does Leim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineglue
verb
- 1
singular imperative of leimen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of leimen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. wässrige Lösung von Klebstoffen; flüssiger, wasserlöslicher Klebstoff, meist auf organischer Basis
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 Leim
- Leimes genitive
- Leims genitive
- Leime plural
- Leimen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Leim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Leim in German?
Leim appears 2.1 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).