Mais
German, noun/maɪ̯s/
Mais is spelled M-A-I-S (4 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written German, the 9,345th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mais is a German masculine noun meaning “maize; corn (US)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a genitive singular of Mai. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einjähriges sehr hohes Gras mit weiblichen Blütenständen als Kolben, männlichen als Rispen mit zweiblütigen…”.
What does Mais mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemaize; corn (US)
noun
- 1
genitive singular of Mai
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einjähriges sehr hohes Gras mit weiblichen Blütenständen als Kolben, männlichen als Rispen mit zweiblütigen Ährchen 2. eine Art der Familie Süßgräser 3. ganze Pflanzen zu Maissilage verarbeitet oder Samen 4. reife trockene Samen als Grundnahrungsmittel zu Grieß oder Mehl vermahlen für Speisen (zum Beispiel Polenta) oder zur Herstellung von Maisstärke
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 Mais
- Maises genitive
- Maise nominative plural
- Maisen dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mais?
- /maɪ̯s/
- [maɪ̯s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mais
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mais in German?
Mais appears 7.1 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).