Massai
German, noun/maˈsaɪ̯/
Massai is spelled M-A-S-S-A-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Massai is a German neuter noun meaning “Maasai (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Nomadenvolk, das im Süden Kenias und im Norden Tansanias (Ostafrika) lebt und Maa spricht”.
What does Massai mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterMaasai (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Nomadenvolk, das im Süden Kenias und im Norden Tansanias (Ostafrika) lebt und Maa spricht 2. Angehöriger des gleichnamigen Nomadenvolks
noun: 1. Angehörige des gleichnamigen Nomadenvolks
noun: 1. eine nilotische Sprache, die vor allem in Ostafrika vom gleichnamigen Volk gesprochen wird
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 Massai
- Maasai variant
- mas abbreviation
- (das) Massai nominative singular
- des Massai genitive singular
- des Massais genitive singular
- Massais genitive singular
- (dem) Massai dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Massai?
- /maˈsaɪ̯/
- /ˈmasaɪ̯/
- [ˈmasaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Massai
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Massai in German?
Massai appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).