Lithium
German, noun[ˈliːti̯ʊm]
Lithium is spelled L-I-T-H-I-U-M (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,569th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lithium is a German neuter noun meaning “lithium; the chemical element and lightest alkali metal with the atomic number 3” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “silberweißes, leicht verformbares, schnell oxidierendes Metall”.
What does Lithium mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlithium; the chemical element and lightest alkali metal with the atomic number 3
Lithiumbatterie
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. silberweißes, leicht verformbares, schnell oxidierendes Metall 2. für Lithiumsalze, welche zur Therapie von depressiven Erkrankungen angewandt werden
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 Lithium
- Lithiums genitive
- Li abbreviation
- L abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lithium?
- [ˈliːti̯ʊm]
- [ˈliːt͡si̯ʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Lithium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Lithium in German?
Lithium appears 2.3 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).