Malaria
German, noun/maˈlaːʁia/
Malaria is spelled M-A-L-A-R-I-A (7 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malaria is a German feminine noun meaning “malaria” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “fieberhafte, durch wiederkehrende, oft periodische Schübe gekennzeichnete Infektionskrankheit, hervorgerufen…”.
What does Malaria mean in English?
noun
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fieberhafte, durch wiederkehrende, oft periodische Schübe gekennzeichnete Infektionskrankheit, hervorgerufen durch einzellige Sporentierchen (Protozoen der Gattung Plasmodium), die vor allem durch Übertragung durch Stechmücken ins Blut gelangen
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 Malaria
- [1] Mal. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Malaria?
- /maˈlaːʁia/
- [maˈlaːʁia]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Malaria
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Malaria in German?
Malaria appears 2.6 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).