Maltese
German, noun/malˈteːzə/
Maltese is spelled M-A-L-T-E-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maltese is a German masculine noun meaning “person from Malta; Maltese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Malta geborene oder lebende Person”.
What does Maltese mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineperson from Malta; Maltese
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. in Malta geborene oder lebende Person
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 Maltese
- Maltesen genitive
- Maltesin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Maltese?
- /malˈteːzə/
- [malˈteːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Maltese
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Maltese in German?
Maltese appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).