Log
German, noun
Log is spelled L-O-G (3 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written German, the 13,580th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Log is a German neuter noun meaning “log (device for measuring a ship's speed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, log is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of lügen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Messgerät zur Bestimmung der Fahrgeschwindigkeit eines Schiffes”.
What does Log mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterlog (device for measuring a ship's speed)
noun
- 1
masculineneuterlog
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of lügen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Messgerät zur Bestimmung der Fahrgeschwindigkeit eines Schiffes
noun: 1. Aufzeichnung durchgeführter Fahrten 2. Aufzeichnung aller Flüge eines Piloten 3. automatisches Protokoll von Systemereignissen oder Kommunikation 4. Protokoll zu den einzelnen Entwicklungsschritten
prefix: 1. vorangestelltes Wortbildungselement, das statt logo- Wörter bildet, wenn das Grundwort mit einem Vokal beginnt
suffix: 1. Wort 2. Forscher, Kundiger
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 Log
- Logs genitive
- Loge plural rare
- Logge plural rare
- Loggen plural rare
- Logen dative definite plural
- Logg alternative
- Lock alternative
- logo- variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Log in German?
Log appears 4.4 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).