Malteserkreuz
German, noun/malˈteːzɐˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡s/
Malteserkreuz is spelled M-A-L-T-E-S-E-R-K-R-E-U-Z (13 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malteserkreuz is a German neuter noun meaning “Maltese cross” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “achtspitziges Kreuz und Symbol verschiedener christlicher Orden”.
What does Malteserkreuz mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterMaltese cross
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. achtspitziges Kreuz und Symbol verschiedener christlicher Orden
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 Malteserkreuz
- Malteserkreuzes genitive
- Malteserkreuze plural
- Malteserkreuzen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Malteserkreuz?
- /malˈteːzɐˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡s/
- [malˈteːzɐˌkʁɔɪ̯t͡s]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Malteserkreuz in German?
Malteserkreuz appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).