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Malz

German, noun/malt͡s/

Malz is spelled M-A-L-Z (4 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malz is a German neuter noun meaning “malt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Wasser gekeimtes und anschließend getrocknetes (gedarrtes) Getreide, meist Gerste; wird hauptsächlich zur…”.

What does Malz mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neutermalt

    Das Malz und der Hopfen sind neben dem Wasser die wichtigsten Zutaten für das Bier.

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. in Wasser gekeimtes und anschließend getrocknetes (gedarrtes) Getreide, meist Gerste; wird hauptsächlich zur Bierherstellung verwendet

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 Malz

  • Malzes genitive
  • Malze plural
  • Malzen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Malz?

  • /malt͡s/
  • [malt͡s]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Malz

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Malz in German?

Malz appears 1.6 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).

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