Magnesium
German, noun/maˈɡneːzi̯ʊm/
Magnesium is spelled M-A-G-N-E-S-I-U-M (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,569th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magnesium is a German neuter noun meaning “magnesium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 12, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört”.
What does Magnesium mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutermagnesium
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 12, das zur Gruppe der Erdalkalimetalle gehört
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 Magnesium
- Magnesiums genitive
- Mg abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Magnesium?
- /maˈɡneːzi̯ʊm/
- [maˈɡneːzi̯ʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Magnesium
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Magnesium in German?
Magnesium 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).