Liter
German, noun/ˈlɪtɐ/
Liter is spelled L-I-T-E-R (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,122nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liter is a German masculine noun meaning “liter, litre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “metrisches Hohlmaß, SI-Einheit, von einem Kubikdezimeter (1 dm³ = 1/1000 m³), als Volumeneinheit meist bei…”.
What does Liter mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterliter, litre
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. metrisches Hohlmaß, SI-Einheit, von einem Kubikdezimeter (1 dm³ = 1/1000 m³), als Volumeneinheit meist bei Flüssigkeiten oder Gasen verwendet
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 Liter
- Liters genitive
- Litern dative definite plural
- Ltr. alternative
- l alternative
- L alternative
- ℓ alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Liter?
- /ˈlɪtɐ/
- /ˈliːtɐ/
- [ˈliːtɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Liter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Liter in German?
Liter appears 26 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).